13  For thou hast possessed my reins; thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb. 14  I will praise thee, for I am fearfully, wonderfully made. Marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. 15  My bones were not hidden from thee when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth. 16  Thine eyes did see my unformed substance, and in thy book all my members were written; during many days were they fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

17  But how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O •God! how great is the sum of them! 18  If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee. 19  Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O †God! And ye men of blood, depart from me. 20  For they speak of thee wickedly, they take thy name in vain, thine enemies. 21  Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? and do not I loathe them that rise up against thee? 22  I hate them with perfect hatred; I account them mine enemies. 23  Search me, O •God, and know my heart; prove me, and know my thoughts; 24  And see if there be any grievous way in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.