Oh Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up. You discern my thoughts and you are acquainted with all my ways. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand on me.  You are always with me and therefore, I am always with you. Your hand leads me and your right hand holds me. Even the darkness cannot hold me because darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as day for darkness is light to you.

You formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful and I know that very well. I am not hidden from you.  You saw me, and everyone of the days you planned for me is written in your book. Search me, oh God, and know my heart. Try me and know my thoughts. See if there be any wicked way in me and lead me in the way everlasting.