- 1. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
- 2. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
- 3. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
- 4. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
- 5. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
- 6. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
- 7. Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
- 8. If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
- 9. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
- 10. Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
- 11. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
- 12. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
- 13. For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother
- 14. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
- 15. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
- 16. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
- 17. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
- 18. If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
- 19. Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
- 20. For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
- 21. Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
- 22. I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
- 23. Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
- 24. And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
3."Всякий день ополчаются на брань" - каждый день проводят во вражде ко мне и преследованиях кознями.4.Указание средств, которыми пользовались враги против Давида. Они возбуждали против него народ клеветой и льстивыми заискиваниями пред ним.8."Сила спасения моего" - в Тебе моя сила, только от Тебя, а не от человека, жду помощи и защиты. "Покрыть голову в день брани" - защитить от удара врага, спасти.9.Так как враги мои делают зло, то пусть последнее покроет их головы, т. е. пусть мои враги понесут заслуженное ими: как моя правда явится мне защитой от них, так их злые поступки да погубят их.12.Вера Давида в гибель своих врагов покоится на вере в торжество правды: зло не может быть награждено Богом, а потому злоязычные мои враги непременно погибнут.14."Обитать пред лицем" Господа значит или пользоваться всегда Его защитой, как бы жить под кровлей жилища Его, или - благодарить Его за оказанную защиту молитвой пред местом Его обитания, пред Кивотом Завета, в Его скинии.
