Lord my God, suppose I have done something wrong. Suppose I am guilty.

耶和华我的神啊，我若行了这事，若有罪孽在我手里，

耶和华—我的上帝啊，我若行了这事，若有罪孽在我手里，

耶和华—我的神啊，我若行了这事，若有罪孽在我手里，

我的上帝耶和华啊，倘若我犯了罪，手上沾了不义；

耶和华我的神啊！如果我作了这事，如果我手中有罪孽，

耶和华我的神哪，如果我做了这事，如果我的手中有不义，

耶和華－我的神啊，我若行了這事，若有罪孽在我手裏，

耶和華－我的上帝啊，我若行了這事，若有罪孽在我手裏，

耶和華－我的神啊，我若行了這事，若有罪孽在我手裏，

我的上帝耶和華啊，倘若我犯了罪，手上沾了不義；

耶和華我的神啊！如果我作了這事，如果我手中有罪孽，

永恆主我的上帝啊，我若行了這事，我手中若有不義，

耶和華我的神哪，如果我做了這事，如果我的手中有不義，

我上帝耶和華歟、我若行此、我手若有不義、

我之上帝耶和華兮、曷敢維惡是作、彼夫夙昔交厚兮、待之薄、無因仇我兮、報之酷、吾而有是兮、

主我之天主歟、我若行此、我手中若有不義之事、

彼人兇如獅。吞我心方快。除主復何恃。不救吾其殆。

Lord my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands—

O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,

O Lord my God, if I have done wrong or am guilty of injustice,

LORD my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice on my hands,

O Lord my God, if I have done this, If there is injustice in my hands,

O Lord my God, if I have done this: If there is iniquity in my hands,

O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands;

Yahweh my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice on my hands,

O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

O LORD my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions,

Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,

Look, my father! Look at this piece of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe. But I didn’t kill you. See, there is nothing in my hand that shows I am guilty of doing anything wrong. I haven’t turned against you. I haven’t done anything to harm you. But you are hunting me down. You want to kill me.

As Shimei cursed, he said,“ Get out! Get out, you murderer! You are a worthless and evil man!You spilled the blood of a lot of people in Saul’s family. You took over his kingdom. Now the Lord is paying you back. He has handed the kingdom over to your son Absalom. You have been destroyed because you are a murderer!”

See how they hide and wait for me! Lord, angry people plan to harm me, even though I haven’t hurt them in any way or sinned against them.

If I had enjoyed having sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

Get rid of all the sin you have. Don’t let anything that is evil stay in your tent.

Is that why all of you have joined together against me? No one tells me when my son makes a covenant with Jesse’s son. None of you is concerned about me. No one tells me that my son has stirred up Jesse’s son to hide and wait to attack me. But that’s exactly what’s happening now.”

They said,“ The Mighty One, God, the Lord! The Mighty One, God, the Lord! He knows! And we want Israel to know! Have we opposed the Lord? Have we refused to obey him? If we have, don’t spare us today.

He continued,“ Why are you chasing me? What evil thing have I done? What am I guilty of?King Saul, please listen to what I’m saying. Was it the Lord who made you angry with me? If it was, may he accept my offering. Was it people who made you angry at me? If it was, may the Lord see them cursed. They have driven me today from my share of the Lord’ s land. By doing that, they might as well have said,‘ Go and serve other gods.’

Please be kind to me. You have made a covenant with me in front of the Lord. If I’m guilty, kill me yourself! Don’t hand me over to your father!”

But I haven’t harmed anyone. My prayers to God are pure.“ Earth, please don’t cover up my blood! May God always hear my cry for help!Even now my witness is in heaven. The one who speaks up for me is there.

He said to Saul,“ Why do you listen when men say,‘ David is trying to harm you’?

Saul said to him,“ Why have you and Jesse’s son joined together against me? Why did you give him bread and a sword? Why did you ask God a question for him? Now he has turned against me. He is hiding and waiting to attack me right now.”