上帝的全知和佑护

大卫的诗,交给乐长。

139 耶和华啊,你洞察我的内心,
知道我的一切。
我或坐下或起来,你都知道,
你从远处就知道我的心思意念。
我或外出或躺卧,你都了解,
你熟悉我的一切行为。
耶和华啊,我话未出口,
你已洞悉一切。
你在我前后护卫着我,
以大能的手保护我。
这一切实在是太奇妙,
太深奥了,我无法明白。

我去哪里可躲开你的灵?
我跑到哪里可避开你的面?
我若升到天上,你在那里;
我若下到阴间,你也在那里。
纵使我乘着晨风飞到遥远的海岸居住,
10 就是在那里,
你的手必引导我,
你大能的手必扶持我。
11 我想,黑暗一定可以遮蔽我,
让我四围变成黑夜。
12 然而,即使黑暗也无法遮住你的视线。
在你看来,黑夜亮如白昼,
黑暗与光明无异。
13 你创造了我,
使我在母腹中成形。
14 我称谢你,
因为你创造我的作为是多么奇妙可畏,
我心深深知道。
15 我在隐秘处被造、在母腹中成形的时候,
你对我的形体一清二楚。
16 我的身体还未成形,
你早已看见了。
你为我一生所定的年日,
我还没有出生就已经记在你的册子上了。
17 耶和华啊,
你的意念对我来说是何等宝贵,何等浩博!
18 我若数算,它们比海沙还多。
我醒来的时候,
依然与你在一起。
19 耶和华啊,愿你杀戮恶人!
嗜血成性的人啊,你们走开!
20 他们恶言顶撞你,
你的仇敌亵渎你的名。
21 耶和华啊,
我憎恨那些憎恨你的人,
我厌恶那些攻击你的人。
22 我恨透了他们,
我视他们为敌人。
23 上帝啊,求你鉴察我,
好知道我的内心;
求你试验我,好知道我的心思。
24 求你看看我里面是否有邪恶,
引导我走永恒的道路。

Psalm 139

The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.

Lord, You have searched me and known me.(A)
You know when I sit down and when I stand up;
You understand my thoughts from far away.(B)
You observe my travels and my rest;
You are aware of all my ways.(C)
Before a word is on my tongue,
You know all about it, Lord.(D)
You have encircled me;
You have placed Your hand on me.(E)
This extraordinary knowledge is beyond me.
It is lofty; I am unable to reach it.(F)

Where can I go to escape Your Spirit?
Where can I flee from Your presence?(G)
If I go up to heaven, You are there;(H)
if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.(I)
If I live at the eastern horizon
or settle at the western limits,[a]
10 even there Your hand will lead me;
Your right hand will hold on to me.(J)
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me,
and the light around me will be night”(K)
12 even the darkness is not dark to You.
The night shines like the day;
darkness and light are alike to You.(L)

13 For it was You who created my inward parts;[b]
You knit me together in my mother’s womb.(M)
14 I will praise You
because I have been remarkably and wonderfully made.[c][d]
Your works are wonderful,
and I know this very well.(N)
15 My bones were not hidden from You
when I was made in secret,
when I was formed in the depths of the earth.(O)
16 Your eyes saw me when I was formless;
all my days were written in Your book and planned
before a single one of them began.(P)

17 God, how difficult[e] Your thoughts are
for me to comprehend;
how vast their sum is!
18 If I counted them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand;(Q)
when I wake up,[f] I am still with You.(R)

19 God, if only You would kill the wicked—
you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me(S)
20 who invoke You deceitfully.
Your enemies swear by You falsely.(T)
21 Lord, don’t I hate those who hate You,
and detest those who rebel against You?
22 I hate them with extreme hatred;
I consider them my enemies.(U)

23 Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my concerns.(V)
24 See if there is any offensive[g] way in me;
lead me in the everlasting way.(W)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 139:9 Lit I take up the wings of the dawn; I dwell at the end of the sea
  2. Psalm 139:13 Lit my kidneys
  3. Psalm 139:14 DSS, some LXX mss, Syr, Jer read because You are remarkable and wonderful
  4. Psalm 139:14 Hb obscure
  5. Psalm 139:17 Or precious
  6. Psalm 139:18 Some Hb mss read I come to an end
  7. Psalm 139:24 Or idolatrous