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

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—

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

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

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, at what I have in my hand. It is a piece of the hem of your robe! I cut it off, but I didn’t kill you. This proves that I am not trying to harm you and that I have not sinned against you, even though you have been hunting for me to kill me.

“ Get out of here, you murderer, you scoundrel!” he shouted at David.“ The Lord is paying you back for all the bloodshed in Saul’s clan. You stole his throne, and now the Lord has given it to your son Absalom. At last you will taste some of your own medicine, for you are a murderer!”

They have set an ambush for me. Fierce enemies are out there waiting, Lord, though I have not sinned or offended them.

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

Get rid of your sins, and leave all iniquity behind you.

Is that why you have conspired against me? For not one of you told me when my own son made a solemn pact with the son of Jesse. You’re not even sorry for me. Think of it! My own son— encouraging him to kill me, as he is trying to do this very day!”

“ The Lord, the Mighty One, is God! The Lord, the Mighty One, is God! He knows the truth, and may Israel know it, too! We have not built the altar in treacherous rebellion against the Lord. If we have done so, do not spare our lives this day.

Why are you chasing me? What have I done? What is my crime?But now let my lord the king listen to his servant. If the Lord has stirred you up against me, then let him accept my offering. But if this is simply a human scheme, then may those involved be cursed by the Lord. For they have driven me from my home, so I can no longer live among the Lord’s people, and they have said,‘ Go, worship pagan gods.’

Show me this loyalty as my sworn friend— for we made a solemn pact before the Lord— or kill me yourself if I have sinned against your father. But please don’t betray me to him!”

Yet I have done no wrong, and my prayer is pure.“ O earth, do not conceal my blood. Let it cry out on my behalf.Even now my witness is in heaven. My advocate is there on high.

Then he shouted to Saul,“ Why do you listen to the people who say I am trying to harm you?

“ Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me?” Saul demanded.“ Why did you give him food and a sword? Why have you consulted God for him? Why have you encouraged him to kill me, as he is trying to do this very day?”