O LORD, YOU HAVE SEARCHED ME

O Lord, you have searched me; 
O Lord, well you know me.
When I sit and when I rise,
you my ev'ry thought surmise;
when I lay me down to sleep,
You my precious soul will keep.
And I ask in wonder:

Refrain:
Where can I go from your Spirit;
Where can I flee from your presence?
Where can I go? (Where can I go?)
Where will I find you, Lord?

I climb to the heavens,
descend down to Sheol.
In the morning I take wings, 
o'er the sea my spirit sings;
even there your hand holds me fast,
and the darkness does not last.
And I ask in wonder:
Refrain

You formed me, Creator;
you knit me together.
While within my mother's womb,
soul and body found their room;
you could see my hidden frame,
and the days my life would claim.
And I ask in wonder:
Refrain.

O God, search and know me;
test heart, mind, and spirit.
See what wickedness is there
as you lay my story bare;
lead me in the proper way
until darkness turn to day.
And I need not wonder: