【诗篇139:2-3】我坐下，我起来，你都晓得，你从远处知道我的意念；我行路，我躺卧，你都细察，你也深知我一切所行的。【Psa139:2-3 NIV】You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.

诗篇 139 篇是大卫在神无所不在的爱里，一篇在心灵深处跟神面对面，既诚实又降服的对话。Psalm 139 is a deeply honest and surrendered conversation in which David comes face to face with God in the depths of his heart, surrounded by God’s ever-present love.人自亚当夏娃犯罪以来，就害怕被“看穿”；但大卫在神守约之爱的环绕里，虽被这位圣洁的神完全看穿、看透，除了敬畏，却没有恐惧和羞愧。Ever since Adam and Eve sinned, people have been afraid of being “seen through”. Yet surrounded by God’s covenant love, although David is completely known and seen through by this holy God, he responds with reverence but without fear or shame.大卫灵魂深处反射给我们的，是神无限深沉的保护和安慰。在神全知、全在、全能的面前，他全然敬畏、安息，毫无保留地赤露敞开自己的真实。What we see reflected from the depths of David’s soul is God’s immeasurably deep protection and comfort. Before the God who is all-knowing, ever-present and almighty, he rests in complete reverence and opens his true self fully before Him, holding nothing back.

大卫说：“我坐下，我起来，你都晓得。”坐下、起来、行路、躺卧，代表着我们日常生活的一切。无论在人前还是独处，忙碌还是休息，神都知道。David says, “You know when I sit and when I rise.” Sitting down, rising, going out and lying down represent every part of our everyday lives. Whether we are around others or on our own, busy or resting, God knows.不仅如此，神还知道我们里面所有的意念。那些没有说出口的话、隐藏的动机和内心的挣扎，都不能向神隐藏。More than that, God knows every thought within us. The words we have never spoken, our hidden motives and our inner struggles cannot be hidden from God.

这既是安慰，也是警醒。安慰的是，神完全认识我们。当我们被误解、心里充满痛苦时，神都知道。我们不需要伪装坚强，也不需要证明自己。This is both comforting and sobering. The comfort is that God knows us completely. When we are misunderstood or carrying deep pain in our hearts, God knows. We do not need to pretend to be strong, and we do not need to prove ourselves.祂知道我们的软弱、眼泪和需要，仍然以慈爱眷顾我们。警醒的是，我们常在人前表现得敬虔、谦卑、有爱心，内心却隐藏着骄傲、嫉妒、苦毒和自义。人只能看见我们的外表，神却看见我们的内心。He knows our weaknesses, tears and needs, and still cares for us with love. The sobering truth is that we may appear godly, humble and loving in front of others, while pride, jealousy, bitterness and self-righteousness remain hidden within. People can see only what is on the outside, but God sees our hearts.

神鉴察我们，不只是要显明罪，更是要引导我们离开罪，走在祂永生的道路上。God searches us not simply to expose sin, but to lead us away from sin and into His everlasting way.因此，大卫最后向这位充满良善、不定我们罪的神祷告说：“神啊，求你鉴察我，知道我的心思；试炼我，知道我的意念，看在我里面有什么恶行没有，引导我走永生的道路。”(23-24节）So David finally prays to this God, who is full of goodness and does not condemn us: Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. (v. 23–24 NIV)

面对这节经文，我再次省察自己的内心：我是否真的相信祂是全知、全在、全能的神？As I reflect on this passage, I examine my own heart again: Do I truly believe that He is the all-knowing, ever-present and almighty God?我是否已经向祂完全敞开，还是在心里仍留有不愿让祂纠正、管教的“自留地”？当神的话语显明我隐藏的罪时，我是急着为自己辩解，还是谦卑俯伏悔改？Have I opened myself completely to Him, or are there still parts of my heart that I keep for myself, unwilling to let Him correct and discipline me? When God’s Word exposes my hidden sin, am I quick to defend myself, or do I humbly bow before Him and repent?

祷告 | Prayer

亲爱的天父：Dear Heavenly Father:

感谢祢完全认识我，知道我的软弱、挣扎和需要，却仍然以慈爱眷顾我。求祢赦免我常常只在意人怎样看我，却忽略祢怎样看我。Thank You that You know me completely. You know my weaknesses, struggles and needs, yet You still care for me with love. Please forgive me for so often caring more about how others see me while overlooking how You see me.求祢鉴察我的心，显明我里面的罪和一切不讨祢喜悦的意念。主啊，祢知道我的一切，却不定我的罪；祢只想救我脱离罪，帮助我、安慰我、医治我、拯救我！Please search my heart and reveal the sin within me and every thought that is displeasing to You. Lord, You know everything about me, yet You do not condemn me; You desire to rescue me from sin, to help me, comfort me, heal me and save me!愿我在祢良善与不定罪的爱里，向祢全然敞开、彻底降服。May I open myself completely to You and fully surrender to You in Your goodness and Your love that does not condemn.

感谢祢光照并显明我的罪，不让我继续隐藏，使我可以坦然无惧地来到祢施恩宝座面前，在基督里得赦免、洁净与更新。Thank You for shining Your light on my sin and bringing it into the open, not allowing me to keep hiding it, so that I may approach Your throne of grace with confidence and receive forgiveness, cleansing and renewal in Christ.求祢赐我谦卑悔改的心，使我不再像亚当那样遮掩自己的罪，而是甘心被祢的话语纠正与修剪。愿我无论在人前还是独处，都存敬畏祢的心，向祢敞开，悔改、行在祢的光中，蒙祢喜悦！Please give me a humble and repentant heart, so that I no longer cover up my sin as Adam did, but willingly allow Your Word to correct and prune me. Whether I am with others or on my own, may I live with reverence for You, remain open before You, repent, walk in Your light, and live in a way that pleases You!

奉主耶稣基督的名祷告，阿们。In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen.

（Sister Carol and the Daily Devotional Team）