Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God.
May your gracious Spirit lead me forward
on a firm footing.
Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God.
May your gracious Spirit lead me forward
on a firm footing.
Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God.
May your gracious Spirit lead me forward
on a firm footing.
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
Point out anything in me that offends you,
and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
How precious are your thoughts about me, O God.
They cannot be numbered!
I can’t even count them,
they outnumber the grains of sand!
And when I wake up,
you are still with me!
You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.
I could ask the darkness to hide me
and the light around me to become night—
but even in darkness I cannot hide from you.
To you the night shines as bright as day.
Darkness and light are the same to you.
I can never escape from your Spirit!
I can never get away from your presence!
If I go up to heaven, you are there;
if I go down to the grave, you are there.
If I ride the wings of the morning,
if I dwell by the farthest oceans,
even there your hand will guide me,
and your strength will support me.
You know what I’m going to say
even before I say it, LORD.
You go before me and follow me.
You place your hand of blessing on my head.
The LORD will work out his plans for my life—
for your faithful love, O LORD, endures forever.
Don’t abandon me, for you made me.