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Cá háit a rachaidh mé - Where can I go?

Salm 139 - Psalm 139


An Bealach na Bó Finne
The Milky Way, our Galaxy

The message of the psalm is that God is whereever we are and everywhere. He is on Earth, Mars, Saturn thoughout the solar system, the galaxy and galaxies beyond. The psalmist asks "Where can I go from your presence? The truth is if you were in the farthest galaxy or beyond, you could call upon God and he would see, hear and answer you.

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1. Scrúdaíonn tú mé, a Thiarna,
agus is eol duit mé.

2. más luí dom, más suí dom, is eol duit é;
is eol duit mo rún is mé i bhfad uait.

3. Más siúl dom, más suan dom, feiceann tú;
is eol duit mo shlite go léir.

4. Sula gcluintear focal ar mo theanga,
a Thiarna, is eol duit ar fad é.

5. Imdhruideann tú ar chúl is ar bhéal mé;
agus leagann tú do lámh orm de shíor.

6. Is ró-iontach, ró-uasal liom an t-eolas seo;
agus téann sé thar m’acmhainn a thuiscint.

7 Cá háit a rachaidh mé ó do spiorad?
ná cá háit a dteithfidh mé ó do láthair?

8 Má ghabhaim in airde neimhe beidh tú ann romham;
má luím san uaigh, beidh tú ansin romham freisin.

9 Má ghabhaim umam sciatháin na maidine,
agus cónaí i gcríocha imchiana na farraige,

10 ansin féin beidh do lámh do mo sheoladh;
agus béarfaidh tú orm le do dheasláimh.

11 Má deirim go bhfolóidh an dorchacht mé,
agus go mbeidh solas an lae ina oíche umam,

12 ní dorcha leatsa an dorchacht:
is comhsholas duit lá agus oíche.

O Lord, you have probed me
and you know me;

you know when I sit and when I stand;
you understand my thoughts from afar.

My journies and my rest you scrutinize,
with all my ways you are familiar.

Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, you know the whole of it.

Behind me and before, you hem me in
and rest your hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
too lofty for me to attain.

Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?

If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
If I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
If I settle on the far side of the sea,

even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand hold me fast.

If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,"

even darkness is not dark to you;
the night shines like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.

The phonetics above are an approximation by a student of Irish. For official phonetics consult the dictionary Fócloir Póca

Courtesy of Vivian & Jack, IrishPage.com 2000
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