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诗篇第一百三十九篇颂扬神与人个别的亲密关系。试想像一下——神完全认识你，神知道每一件会令你心碎的事，也知道每一件能使你兴奋的事，多么奇妙啊！神当然也知道你自私的白日梦和隐秘的欲念，多么令人战兢惧怕的事啊！难怪这篇诗篇以这句话结束：“看在我里面有什么恶行没有，引导我走永生的道路”。（诗 139:24）

神与你的亲密关系，可以追溯至你尚未出生之时，甚至是在你的身体未成形之前。神认识你整个人——从开始到结束、从头到尾、里里外外都认识。神更全然爱你，多么奇妙啊！

然而，如果“我在母腹中，祢已覆庇我”（参诗 139:13）这句话是耶稣说的，这篇诗篇就具有更奥妙的意义了。试想想——圣灵要荫庇童女马利亚，神的儿子便在她腹中成形了，多么密切的关系！那位赐生命给马利亚的，现在要从马利亚而生，那位在马利亚还未出生便已经爱她的，如今在祂未出生前已被马利亚所爱。

马利亚蒙神赐这孩子给她，在众多妇女中，她是蒙福的。婴孩耶稣从这位母亲得生命之恩，在众多婴孩中，祂也是蒙福的。

Psalm 139 celebrates the intimacy of God's connection with an individual human being. Just imagine—God knows you completely. God knows everything that can break your heart, and everything that can make your heart skip a beat. How wonderful! Of course, God also knows your selfish daydreams and dark desires. How scary! No wonder the psalm ends like this: "See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting" (v. 24).

God's intimate connection with you stretches back to the time before you were born, to the time before you were even conceived. God knows you completely: from start to finish, from top to bottom, inside and out. And God loves you completely. How wonderful!

But the psalm takes on more meaning when Jesus says the words "You knit me together in my mother's womb." Just imagine—the Holy Spirit overshadows the virgin Mary, and the Son of God begins to take shape within her. Talk about intimacy! The One who gave life to Mary is now receiving life from Mary. The One who loved Mary before she was born is now loved by Mary before he is born.

Mary is blessed, blessed among all women, to receive the gift of this child. And the child is blessed, blessed among all children, to receive the gift of life through this mother.