O God, you search me and you know me. All my thoughts lie open to your gaze. When I walk or lie down you are before me: Ever the maker and keeper of my days. You know my resting and my rising. You discern my purpose from afar, And with love everlasting you besiege me: In every moment of life or death, you are. Before a word is on my tongue, Lord, You have known its meaning through and through. You are with me beyond my understanding: God of my present, my past and future, too. Although your Spirit is upon me, Still I search for shelter from your light. There is no where on earth I can escape you: Even the darkness is radiant in your sight. For you created me and shaped me, Gave me life within my mother's womb. For the wonder of who I am I praise you: Safe in your hands, all creation is made new.