¹³ By his breath the skies^(A) became fair;
    his hand pierced the gliding serpent.^(B)

¹¹ Do not cast me^(A) from your presence^(B)
    or take your Holy Spirit^(C) from me.

⁷ Where can I go from your Spirit?
    Where can I flee^(A) from your presence?
⁸ If I go up to the heavens,^(B) you are there;
    if I make my bed^(C) in the depths, you are there.
⁹ If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
    if I settle on the far side of the sea,
¹⁰ even there your hand will guide me,^(D)
    your right hand^(E) will hold me fast.
¹¹ If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
    and the light become night around me,”
¹² even the darkness will not be dark^(F) to you;
    the night will shine like the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.

¹³ For you created my inmost being;^(G)
    you knit me together^(H) in my mother’s womb.^(I)
14 I praise you^(J) because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,^(K)
    I know that full well.
¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made^(L) in the secret place,
    when I was woven together^(M) in the depths of the earth.^(N)
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained^(O) for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.
¹⁷ How precious to me are your thoughts,^[a](P) God!^(Q)
    How vast is the sum of them!
¹⁸ Were I to count them,^(R)
    they would outnumber the grains of sand^(S)—
    when I awake,^(T) I am still with you.

¹⁹ If only you, God, would slay the wicked!^(U)
    Away from me,^(V) you who are bloodthirsty!^(W)
20 They speak of you with evil intent;
    your adversaries^(X) misuse your name.^(Y)
21 Do I not hate those^(Z) who hate you, Lord,
    and abhor^(AA) those who are in rebellion against you?
²² I have nothing but hatred for them;
    I count them my enemies.^(AB)
23 Search me,^(AC) God, and know my heart;^(AD)
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.
²⁴ See if there is any offensive way^(AE) in me,
    and lead me^(AF) in the way everlasting.