13 For you created me and gave me life;
within my mother’s womb you fashioned me.
14 I’m fearfully and wonderfully made;
I praise you as your mighty works I see.
15 My frame could not be hidden from your sight,
when I was woven in the depths of earth;
16 and all the days that you ordained for me
were written in your book before my birth.
17 How precious are your thoughts to me, O God!
Their sum is vast and far beyond my view—
18 to count them is like counting grains of sand.
when I awake from sleep, I’m still with you.
19 If only you would slay the wicked, LORD!
away from me, you men of violence!
20 They speak of you with evil in their hearts;
your foes misuse your name with insolence.
21 Do I not hate all those who hate you, LORD?
Those who rise up against you I abhor;
22 such wicked men I count my enemies
and on their heads all my contempt I pour.
23 Examine me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts, I pray.
24 Search out in me what causes you offence,
and lead me in the everlasting way.
– Sing Psalms, alt.
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