God's Complete Knowledge and Care
1 Lord, you have examined me and you know me.
2 You know everything I do;
from far away you understand all my thoughts.
3 You see me, whether I am working or resting;
you know all my actions.
4 Even before I speak,
you already know what I will say.
5 You are all around me on every side;
you protect me with your power.
6 Your knowledge of me is too deep;
it is beyond my understanding.
7 Where could I go to escape from you?
Where could I get away from your presence?
8 If I went up to heaven, you would be there;
if I lay down in the world of the dead, you would be there.
9 If I flew away beyond the east
or lived in the farthest place in the west,
10 you would be there to lead me,
you would be there to help me.
11 I could ask the darkness to hide me
or the light around me to turn into night,
12 but even darkness is not dark for you,
and the night is as bright as the day.
Darkness and light are the same to you.
13 You created every part of me;
you put me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you because you are to be feared;
all you do is strange and wonderful.
I know it with all my heart.
15 When my bones were being formed,
carefully put together in my mother's womb,
when I was growing there in secret,
you knew that I was there—
16 you saw me before I was born.
The days allotted to me
had all been recorded in your book,
before any of them ever began.
17 O God, how difficult I find your thoughts;
how many of them there are!
18 If I counted them, they would be more than the grains of sand.
When I awake, I am still with you.
19 O God, how I wish you would kill the wicked!
How I wish violent people would leave me alone!
20 They say wicked things about you;
they speak evil things against your name.
21 O Lord, how I hate those who hate you!
How I despise those who rebel against you!
22 I hate them with a total hatred;
I regard them as my enemies.
23 Examine me, O God, and know my mind;
test me, and discover my thoughts.
24 Find out if there is any evil in me
and guide me in the everlasting way.
الرب حاضر في كل مكان ويعرف كل شيء
1 لِكبـيرِ المُغَنِّينَ. مزمورٌ لِداوُدَ:
يا ربُّ اختَبرتَنِـي فعَرَفتَني.
2 عرفْتَ قُعودي وقيامي،
وتبَيَّنتَ أفكاري مِنْ بعيدٍ
3 أنتَ تُراقبُ سَفَري وإقامَتي،
وتعرِفُ جميعَ طُرُقي.
4 قَبلَ أنْ يَنطِقَ لِساني بِكَلِمةٍ،
أنتَ تعلَمُ بِها يا ربُّ.
5 مِنْ وَرَائي ومِنْ قُدَّامي تُحيطُ بـي،
وتجعَلُ عليَّ يَدَكَ.
6 مَعرِفَتُكَ هذِهِ ما أعجَبها.
هيَ أسمى مِنْ إدراكي.
7 أينَ أذهَبُ وروحُكَ هُناكَ؟
وأينَ أهربُ مِنْ وجهِكَ؟
8 إنْ تَسَلَّقْتُ السَّماءَ فأنتَ فيها،
وإنْ نَزَلْتُ إلى عالَمِ الأمواتِ فأنتَ هُناكَ.
9 إنِ اتَّخَذْتُ أجنِحَةَ السَّحَرِ
وسكَنتُ في أقاصي اليَمِّ،
10 فهُناكَ أيضا يَدُكَ تَهديني ويَمينُكَ تُمسِكُني.
11 تأمُرُ الظَّلامَ فيَنجلي، واللَّيلَ فيصبحُ نورا.
12 لدَيكَ لا يُظْلِمُ الظَّلامُ، واللَّيلُ يُضيءُ كالنَّهارِ. فالظَّلامُ عِندَكَ كالنُّورِ.
13 أنتَ مَلكْتَ قلبـي، وأدخَلْتَني بَطْنَ أُمِّي.
14 أحمَدُكَ لأنَّكَ رَهيـبٌ وعجيـبٌ.
عجيـبةٌ هي أعمالُكَ،
وأنا أعرِفُ هذا كُلَّ المَعرِفةِ.
15 ما خَفِـيَت عِظامي علَيكَ، فأنتَ صَنَعْتَني في الرَّحِمِ، وأبدَعْتَني هُناكَ في الخَفاءِ.
16 رأتْني عيناكَ وأنا جَنينٌ، وفي سِفْرِكَ كُتِبَت أيّامي كُلُّها وصُوِّرَت قَبلَ أنْ يكونَ مِنها شيءٌ.
17 ما أكرَمَ أفكارَكَ عِندي يا اللهُ.
ما أكثرَ عديدَها.
18 أعُدُّها فتَزيدُ على الرِّمالِ.
وفي فَهمِها أقضي أيّامي.
19 ليتَكَ تَقتُلُ الأشرارَ يا اللهُ، فيَبتَعِدَ عنِّي كُلُّ مَنْ يَسفُكُ دَما.
20 هُمُ الّذينَ يَتكَلَّمونَ علَيكَ بالمَذَمَّةِ،
ويَنسَونَ باطلا مَعروفَكَ.
21 ألا أُبغِضُ مُبغِضيكَ يا ربُّ
وأمقُتُ مُقاوميكَ؟
22 نعم، أُبغِضُهُم كُلَّ البُغْضِ.
صاروا لي أعداءً.
23 إختَبرْني يا اللهُ واعرِفْ قلبـي. واعرِفْ هَمِّي.
24 أُنظُرْ إنْ كانَ في مَسلكي اعوِجاجٌ، واهْدِني في طريقِكَ على الدَّوامِ.