【诗篇 19:12 】谁能知道自己的错失呢？愿你赦免我隐而未现的过错。 【Psa19:12】But who can discern their own errors? Forgive my hidden faults.

大卫从仰望观看神在大自然中的创造之美，诸天述说神的荣耀、彰显造物主的大能；再到默想神律法的全备、真实、其价值远胜精金。David begins by lifting his eyes to behold God’s creative beauty in nature: the heavens declare the glory of God and proclaim the power of the Creator. He then turns to meditate on the perfection and truth of the law of the Lord, whose worth is far greater than pure gold. 无论是创造之工，还是话语的启示，处处都彰显神的荣耀与圣洁，也一步步引导人归向祂，认识祂。 Whether in the work of creation or in the revelation of His word, God’s glory and holiness are displayed everywhere, leading people step by step to return to Him and to know Him. 在窥见神的圣洁之后，大卫生出谦卑的自省，坦然在神面前剖白内心，发出至诚的认罪祷告。Having glimpsed God’s holiness, David is moved to humble self-examination. He lays bare his heart before the Lord and offers a sincere prayer of confession.

祷告和神的话是不可分割的，大卫因敬畏、渴慕神的话，也藉着神的话语看见自己的败坏——罪有显于外的过犯，更有隐而未现、潜藏心底的恶，蠢蠢欲动，只要有机会就萌发、滋长。这人心的诡诈与罪性如同深渊远超过人自身的理性、悟性。Prayer and the word of God are inseparable. Because David feared and longed for the word of the Lord, it was through that very word that he came to see his own corruption—sin not only in outward transgressions, but also in hidden faults, the evils concealed deep within the heart, stirring and ready to spring up and grow whenever given the opportunity. The deceitfulness and sinfulness of the human heart are like a great deep, far beyond one’s own reason or understanding. 正如经上所说：人心比万物都诡诈，坏到极处，谁能识透呢？（耶 17:9 ）谁能说，我洁净了我的心，我脱净了我的罪 (箴 20:9 ) 大卫正是在这样的看见中，向神呼求赦免与拯救。认识神，认识自己，这实在是人生最大的智慧。As it is written: “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?” (Jer. 17:9). And again, “Who can say, ‘I have kept my heart pure; I am clean and without sin’?” (Prov. 20:9). It was in such light that David cried out to God for forgiveness and deliverance. To know God and to know oneself—this is indeed the greatest wisdom in life.

主啊！唯有你洞悉我内心最深处的动机、 意念和隐秘的渴望，哪怕最微小，最隐藏的心思，在你面前也是赤露敞开。O Lord, you alone search the deepest places of my heart—my motives, my thoughts, and my hidden desires. Even the smallest and most concealed intentions lie bare and uncovered before you.  每当我祷告求你显明我的罪，你的光照总是及时临到，让我明白：你从来不看重中外在的聪明、才干，唯独在乎的是人心的态度与动机。Whenever I pray and ask you to reveal my sin, your light comes promptly, making me understand that you have never regarded outward cleverness or ability; what you care about is the attitude and motive of the heart.

感谢你兴起各种环境雕琢塑造我，在每次我还没有搞明白，就愿意不信自己的感受和判断，而是信：这是你借着环境、人来否定自我、让我放下自己的时刻；是让我认识自己隐藏的苦毒、骄傲与自义的好机会……I thank you for raising up various circumstances to chisel and shape me. Even when I do not yet understand, I am willing not to trust my own feelings or judgments, but to believe that this is your moment—through people and situations—to deny the self and to lead me to lay myself down. It is a precious opportunity for me to recognise the hidden bitterness, pride, and self-righteousness within me. 使我不再轻信自己发出的那些认为对，好的判断，而是靠着圣灵，在内心，将神赐给我的新人，那愿意行善的，与旧人的隐藏动机分离出来，顺服真理，以清洁的心活在神面前。Teach me no longer to place confidence in my own assessments—those thoughts I assume to be right or good—but, by the Holy Spirit within, to separate the new self you have given me, which is willing to do good, from the hidden motives of the old self. So may I submit to the truth and live before you with a pure heart.

主，你是全然圣洁的，若我要与你保持有亲密的关系，就要像大卫一样，每天以你的话为引导，主动邀请你来审视我的全人。我渴望成为你家中合用的贵重器皿，就要天天自洁，脱离卑贱的事，O Lord, you are altogether holy. If I am to remain in close fellowship with you, then like David I must daily take your word as my guide and willingly invite you to search my whole being. I long to become a vessel for noble purposes in your house; therefore I would cleanse myself day by day and turn away from all that is ignoble. 我愿敞开生命每个角落求祢来洁净、充满、掌管使我成为祢荣耀的居所，一生荣耀你的名。I open every corner of my life to you—asking you to cleanse, to fill, and to rule—so that I may become a dwelling place for your glory and honour your name all my days.

（刘姊妹 Sister Liu）