Thou compassest my path and my | ly-ing | down,

And art acquainted-with | all—my | ways.
For there is not a word in-my | tongue,
But, lo, O Lord, thou knowest-it | al-to |
gether.

Thou hast beset me be | hind—and be | fore,
And laid thine | hand-up | on me.

Such knowledge is too | wonder-ful | for me;
It is high, I cannot-at | tain-unto | it.
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Whither shall I | go from-thy | spirit?

Or whither shall-I | flee from-thy | presence?

If I ascend up into heaven, | thou-art | there: If I make my bed in | hell,-be | hold,thou art there.

If I take the wings of-the | morning,
And dwell in the utter-most | parts-of the |

sea,

Even there shall thy | ha-nd | lead me,

And | thy-right | hand-shall | hold me.

If I say, Surely the | darkness-shall | cover me; Even the night | shall-be | light-a | bout me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee: but the night shineth-as the day:

The darkness and the light are | both-a | liketo | thee.

For thou hast possessed-my | reins : Thou hast covered me | in-my | mother's | womb.

I will pra-ise | thee;

For I am fearfully and | won-der | ful-ly | made:

Marvellous are-thy | works:

And that my sou-1 | knoweth-right | well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made-in | secret,

And curiously wrought in the low-est | parts of the earth.

Thine eyes did see my substance, yet | being— un perfect;

And in thy book | all-my | members—were | written,

Which in continuance-were | fashioned,

When as yet-there was | no-ne | of them.

How precious also are thy thoughts unto me,-
O God!
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How great is the | sum-of | them!

If I should count them they are more in number than the sand:

When I awake, | I-am | still-with | thee.

Surely thou wilt slay the | wicked,—O | God; Depart from me, | therefore,-ye | bloo-dy |

men.

For they speak a |gainst-thee | wickedly;

And thine enemies | take-thy | name—in | vain.

Do not I hate them, O Lord, | that-hate | thee? And am not I grieved with those that | ri―se | up-against thee?

I hate them with | per-fect | hatred
I count them-mine | en-e | mies.
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Search me, O God, and | know—my | heart :
Try | me, and I know-my | thoughts :
And see if there be any wicked way-in | me,
And lead me | in-the | way—ever | lasting.

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HEAR my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my | sup-plications:

In thy faithfulness answer | me,-and | in-thy | righteousness.

And enter not into judgment | with--thy | ser

vant :

For in thy sight shall | no-man | living-be | justified.

For the enemy hath persecuted | m-y | soul; He hath smitten my life | down-to the | ground:

He hath made me to | dwell-in | darkness,
As | those that have been-long | dead.

Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed-with | in

me:

My heart-with | in me-is | desolate,
I remember the | days-of | old;

I meditate on all thy works; I muse
on the works of-thy | hands.

I stretch forth my | hands-unto | thee: My soul thirsteth after thee, | as-a | thirst-y | land;

Hear me speedily,-O | Lord:

My spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go-down | into the pit.

Cause me to hear thy loving kindness | in—the | morning;

For in-thee | do-I trust:

Cause me to know the way where in I— should walk;

For I lift up-my | soul-unto | thee.

Deliver me, O Lord, | from-mine | enemies :
I flee unto thee to hide me.

Teach me to do-thy | will;

For thou art-my God: | |

Thy spirit-is | good;

Lead me into the land-of | uprightness.
Quicken me,-0 | Lord,

For thy na-me's sake:

For thy righteous-ness' | sake
Bring my sou-1 | out-of | trouble.

And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that af | flict-my | soul: For-I am-thy | servant.

55.

I WILL extol thee, my | God,—O | king;
And I will bless thy name-forever-and

ever

Every day will-I | bless thee;

And I will praise thy | name-for | ever—and |

ever.

Great is the Lord, and | greatly-to be praised,
And his great-ness | is-un searchable.
One generation shall praise thy | works-to an |
other,

And shall declare-thy | might—y | acts.

I will speak of the glorious honour | of-thy | majesty,

And of th-y | wond-rous | works.

And men shall speak of the might of thy | terri-ble acts:

And I will de | clare-thy | greatness.