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V ers. 16. — Tu quidem gressus meos dinumerasti, e sed parcis peccatis meis. 20. Culpae nostrae, ne Deus eas puniat, poenitentia castigandae. — Gressus Deus dinumerat, cum singula quaeque nostra opera propter retributionem signat. Quid enim in gressibus, nisi unaquaeque nostra actio designatur? Omnipotens itaque Deus et gressus dinu- merat, et peccatis parcit, quia et subtiliter acta nostra considerat, et tamen haec poenitentibus mi- sericorditer relaxat. Qui et duritiam in peccantibus conspicit, sed tamen hanc, praeveniente gratia, ad poenitentiam emollit. Culpas ergo dinumerat, cum nos ipsos ad singula quae fecimus, deflenda convertit.
Verse 16. — You indeed have numbered my steps, but you spare my sins. 20. Our faults, that God may not punish them, must be chastised by penitence. — God numbers our steps when he marks each single one of our works with a view to recompense. For what is designated by 'steps' but each one of our actions? Almighty God therefore both numbers our steps and spares our sins, because he both subtly considers our deeds and yet mercifully remits them to the penitent. He also beholds hardness in sinners, yet, by preventing grace, softens it unto penitence. He numbers our faults, therefore, when he turns us to bewail each thing we have done.
第十六節。——「祢誠然數點我的腳步，卻寬容我的罪。」20. 我們的過犯，為免神刑罰，必須藉痛悔加以懲治。——神數點我們的腳步，就是當他為著報應而標記我們每一件行為之時。因為「腳步」所指的，豈非我們每一個行動？所以全能之神既數點我們的腳步，又寬容我們的罪，因為他既細察我們的作為，卻又憐憫地向痛悔者赦免。他也看見罪人心中的剛硬，卻藉先臨的恩典使之軟化以至於痛悔。所以他數點我們的過犯，就是當他轉化我們去為所行的每一件事哀哭之時。
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f Quas misericorditer relaxat, quia eas dum nos ipsi punimus, ipse nequaquam in extremo examine judi- cat, Paulo attestante, qui ait: Si nosmetipsos dijudi- caremus, non utique judicaremur ( I Cor. xi, 31). Unde adhuc subditur:
Which he mercifully remits, because, while we ourselves punish them, he by no means judges them in the final examination — Paul bearing witness, who says: If we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged (1 Corinthians xi, 31). Hence it is further added:
他憐憫地赦免這些過犯，因為當我們自己懲治它們時，他在末後的審判中便斷不再審判它們——保羅為此作證說：「我們若是先分辨自己，就不至於受審判」（林前十一31）。因此接著又說：