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The eye of God!
上帝的眼睛！
(James Smith, “God’s Knowledge of Us” 1865) Play Audio! Download Audio
(詹姆斯·史密斯,《神对我们的认识》1865年) 播放音频！ 下载音频
“Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account!” Hebrews 4:13
“在创造物中没有一样在上帝面前不是显露的。万物在那位我们必须交账的主眼前，都是赤露敞开的！”希伯来书4:13
“The Lord searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought!” 1 Chronicles 28:9
“耶和华鉴察各人的心，知晓一切心思意念！”历代志上28:9
“I am the one who searches out the thoughts and intentions of every person!” Revelation 2:23
“我是那位察验人的心思意念的！”启示录2:23
“O Lord, You know!” Jeremiah 15:15
“主啊，你是知道的！”耶利米书15:15
God’s perfect knowledge is like the pillar-cloud which led Israel out of Egypt, and through the wilderness: it is dark and a cause of terror to His enemies, but it is light and a source of comfort to His children.
上帝完全的知识就像引领以色列人出埃及、穿越旷野的云柱：对他的敌人来说是黑暗和恐惧的根源，但对他的儿女来说却是光明和安慰的源泉。
“O Lord, You know” my SINS and FOLLIES! No one else does. No one else ever will. How could I look anyone in the face—if I thought he knew what was passing in my heart, or what is transacted in the chambers of my imagination within!
“主啊，你知道”我的罪过和愚妄！无人知晓。也永远不会有人知晓。若是我想到他人知道我内心所想，或是我想象中所发生的事，我怎能面对任何人！
The Lord alone can search the heart. He alone knows the worst of us, and He alone knows the best; for the best and the worst, are both concealed in the same heart. The eye of God sees . . .
every motive,
every thought,
every lust,
every action!
唯有主能鉴察人心。唯有他知道我们最坏的一面，也唯有他知道我们最好的一面；因为最好与最坏的，都隐藏在同一颗心里。上帝的眼睛看见……
每一个动机，
每一个想法，
每一个情欲，
每一个行为！
His eye is on that mysterious portion of our nature called the imagination, on which such strange pictures are often painted, in which such fearful scenes are sometimes transacted.
他的眼目注视着我们本性中那神秘的部分——想象力，在那里常常描绘着奇异的画面，有时还上演着可怕的场景。
“You know my folly, O God; my guilt is not hidden from You!” Psalm 69:5
“神啊，我的愚昧你原知道；我的罪愆不能隐瞒你！”诗篇69:5
What streams of moral filthiness sometimes flow from the heart into the imagination! How difficult sometimes to keep it back.
道德污秽有时会从心中涌流进入想象之中！有时要阻止它是多么困难。
What a depth of pollution there is within us!
我们内心深处竟有如此深重的污秽！
What billows of corruption sometimes roll and swell!
败坏的浪潮有时竟如此汹涌澎湃！
Little does the young Christian think what the pure and holy eye of God sees within him; and what his own eye will one day discover, filling him with alarm, if not with horror, with shame and self-loathing!
年轻的基督徒很少想到上帝纯洁圣洁的眼目在他里面看到了什么；也很少想到有一天他自己的眼睛会发现什么，这些发现会让他惊恐，如果不是恐惧的话，也会让他羞愧和厌恶自己！
Then he will enter into poor Job’s confession, “Behold, I am vile!” and into Isaiah’s exclamation, “Woe is me! I am undone!”
那时他会认同可怜的约伯的告白：”看哪，我是卑贱的！”也会认同以赛亚的呼喊：”祸哉！我灭亡了！”
“What more can I say unto You? For You know Your servant, O Sovereign Lord!” 2 Samuel 7:20
“主耶和华啊，我还有什么可以对你说的呢？因为你知道你的仆人。”撒母耳记下7:20
But blessed be God, the righteousness of Jesus covers all, and conceals all; and the grace and Spirit of God will ultimately purge away the whole foul heap from us!
但感谢神，耶稣的义遮盖了一切，掩藏了一切；神的恩典和圣灵最终会将所有的污秽从我们身上清除！
Now our iniquities are forgiven, and our sins are covered.
如今我们的过犯得到赦免，我们的罪被遮盖。
But then our natures will be perfectly purified, and be as white as the falling snow!
但到那时我们的本性将被完全洁净，变得像降下的雪一样洁白！
“Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when He appears, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is!” 1 John 3:2
“亲爱的弟兄啊，我们现在是神的儿女，将来如何还未显明；但我们知道，主若显现，我们必要像他，因为必得见他的真体。”约翰一书3:2