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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
O HERE, U het my deursoek, en my geken.
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Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
U weet my sit en my opstaan, U verstaan my gedagte van ver af.
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Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted [with] all my ways.
U omsingel my pad en my lêplek, en is bekend met al my weë.
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For [there is] not a word in my tongue, [but], lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
Want daar is nie ‚'n woord op my tong nie, maar kyk, o HERE, U ken dit heeltemal.
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Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
U het my agter en voor omsingel, en u hand op my gelê.
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[Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.
Sulke kennis is te wonderlik vir my; dit is hoog, ek kan dit nie bereik nie.
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Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Waarheen sal ek gaan van u Gees af? of waarheen sal ek vlug van u teenwoordigheid af?
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If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there].
As ek opvaar na die hemel, is U daar: as ek my bed in die doderyk maak, kyk, U is daar.
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[If] I take the wings of the morning, [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
As ek die vlerke van die môre neem, en woon in die uiterste dele van die see;
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Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Selfs daar sal u hand my lei, en u regterhand my vashou.
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If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
As ek sê, Sekerlik sal die duisternis my bedek; selfs die nag sal lig om my wees.
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Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to thee].
Ja, die duisternis verberg nie van U nie; maar die nag skyn soos die dag: die duisternis en die lig is beide gelyk vir U.
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For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
Want U het my niere besit: U het my in my moeder se skoot bedek.
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I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.
Ek sal U prys; want ek is vreeslik en wonderlik gemaak: wonderlik is u werke; en dit weet my siel baie goed.
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My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
My substansie was nie verborge van U nie, toe ek in die geheim gemaak is, en kunstryk gewerk in die laagste dele van die aarde.
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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.
U oë het my onvolmaakte substansie gesien; en in u boek is al my lede geskrywe, wat dae gevorm is, toe daar nog nie een van hulle was nie.
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How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
Hoe kosbaar is ook u gedagtes vir my, o God! hoe groot is die som daarvan!
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[If] I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
As ek hulle sou tel, is hulle meer as die sand: wanneer ek ontwaak, is ek nog by U.
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Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
Sekerlik sal U, o God, die goddelose doodmaak: vertrek daarom van my, julle bloeddorstige manne.
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For they speak against thee wickedly, [and] thine enemies take [thy name] in vain.
Want hulle spreek teen U boosaardig: u vyande neem u Naam tevergeefs.
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Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
Haat ek nie hulle, o HERE, wat U haat nie? en is ek nie gegrief met dié wat teen U opstaan nie?
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I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
Ek haat hulle met volkome haat: ek reken hulle my vyande.
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Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Deursoek my, o God, en ken my hart: toets my, en ken my gedagtes:
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And see if [there be any] wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
En sien of daar enige boos weg in my is, en lei my in die ewige weg.