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7. For it is Thou, Lord, that judgest me;" for although no
"man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in
him, yet is there something of man which "the spirit of man which is
in him" itself knoweth not. But Thou, Lord, who hast made him,
knowest him wholly. I indeed, though in Thy sight I despise
myself, and reckon "myself but dust and ashes,"' yet know something
concerning Thee, which I know not concerning myself. And assuredly
"now we see through a glass darkly," not yet "face to face.. So
long, therefore, as I be "absent" from Thee, I am more
"present" with myself than with Thee;' and yet know I that Thou
canst not suffer violence; but for myself I know not what temptations
I am able to resist, and what I am not able.s But there is hope,
because Thou art faithful, who wilt not suffer us to be tempted above
that we are able, but wilt with the temptation also make a way to
escape, that we may be able to bear it. I would therefore confess
what I know concerning myself; I will confess also what I know not
concerning myself. And because what I do know of myself, I know by
Thee enlightening me; and what I know not of myself, so long I know
not until the time when my "darkness be as the noonday" in Thy
sight.
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