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span data-lang="jpn" data-trans="kyb" data-ref="psa.18.1" class="versetxt"> 1 わが力なる主よ、わたしはあなたを愛します。2 主はわが岩、わが城、わたしを救う者、わが神、わが寄り頼む岩、わが盾、わが救の角、わが高きやぐらです。3 わたしはほめまつるべき主に呼ばわって、わたしの敵から救われるのです。4 死の綱は、わたしを取り巻き、滅びの大水は、わたしを襲いました。5 陰府の綱は、わたしを囲み、死のわなは、わたしに立ちむかいました。6 わたしは悩みのうちに主に呼ばわり、わが神に叫び求めました。主はその宮からわたしの声を聞かれ、主にさけぶわたしの叫びがその耳に達しました。7 そのとき地は揺れ動き、山々の基は震い動きました。主がお怒りになったからです。8 煙はその鼻から立ちのぼり、火はその口から出て焼きつくし、炭はそれによって燃えあがりました。9 主は天をたれて下られ、暗やみがその足の下にありました。10 主はケルブに乗って飛び、風の翼をもってかけり、11 やみをおおいとして、自分のまわりに置き、水を含んだ暗い濃き雲をその幕屋とされました。12 そのみ前の輝きから濃き雲を破って、ひょうと燃える炭とが降ってきました。13 主はまた天に雷をとどろかせ、いと高き者がみ声を出されると、ひょうと燃える炭とが降ってきました。14 主は矢を放って彼らを散らし、いなずまをひらめかして彼らを打ち敗られました。15 主よ、そのとき、あなたのとがめと、あなたの鼻のいぶきとによって、海の底はあらわれ、地の基があらわになったのです。16 主は高い所からみ手を伸べて、わたしを捕え、大水からわたしを引きあげ、17 わたしの強い敵と、わたしを憎む者とからわたしを助け出されました。彼らはわたしにまさって強かったからです。18 彼らはわたしの災の日にわたしを襲いました。しかし主はわたしのささえとなられました。19 主はわたしを広い所につれ出し、わたしを喜ばれるがゆえに、わたしを助けられました。20 主はわたしの義にしたがってわたしに報い、わたしの手の清きにしたがってわたしに報いかえされました。21 わたしは主の道を守り、悪意をもって、わが神を離れたことがなかったのです、22 そのすべてのおきてはわたしの前にあって、わたしはその定めを捨てたことがなかったのです。23 わたしは主の前に欠けたところがなく、自分を守って罪を犯しませんでした。24 このゆえに主はわたしの義にしたがい、その目の前にわたしの手の清きにしたがってわたしに報いられました。25 あなたはいつくしみある者には、いつくしみある者となり、欠けたところのない者には、欠けたところのない者となり、26 清い者には、清い者となり、ひがんだ者には、ひがんだ者となられます。27 あなたは苦しんでいる民を救われますが、高ぶる目をひくくされるのです。28 あなたはわたしのともしびをともし、わが神、主はわたしのやみを照されます。29 まことに、わたしはあなたによって敵軍を打ち破り、わが神によって城壁をとび越えることができます。30 この神こそ、その道は完全であり、主の言葉は真実です。主はすべて寄り頼む者の盾です。31 主のほかに、だれが神でしょうか。われらの神のほかに、だれが岩でしょうか。32 神はわたしに力を帯びさせ、わたしの道を安全にされました。33 神はわたしの足をめじかの足のようにされ、わたしを高い所に安全に立たせ、34 わたしの手を戦いに慣らされたので、わたしの腕は青銅の弓をもひくことができます。35 あなたはその救の盾をわたしに与え、あなたの右の手はわたしをささえ、あなたの助けはわたしを大いなる者とされました。36 あなたがわたしの歩む所を広くされたので、わたしの足はすべらなかったのです。37 わたしは敵を追って、これに追いつき、これを滅ぼしつくすまでは帰らなかったのです。38 わたしが彼らを突き通したので、彼らは立ちあがることができず、わたしの足もとに倒れました。39 あなたは戦いのためにわたしに力を帯びさせ、わたしに立ち向かう者らをわたしのもとに、かがませられました。40 あなたは敵にその後をわたしに向けさせられたので、わたしは自分を憎む者を滅ぼしました。41 彼らは助けを叫び求めたが、救う者はなく、主にむかって叫んだけれども、彼らに答えられなかったのです。42 わたしは彼らを風の前のちりのように細かに砕き、ちまたの泥のように打ち捨てました。43 あなたは民の争いからわたしを救い、わたしをもろもろの国民のかしらとされました。わたしの知らなかった民がわたしに仕えました。44 彼らはわたしの事を聞くと、ただちにわたしに従い、異邦の人々はきて、わたしにへつらいました。45 異邦の人々は打ちしおれて、その城から震えながら出てきました。46 主は生きておられます。わが岩はほむべきかな。わが救の神はあがむべきかな。47 神はわたしにあだを報いさせ、もろもろの民をわたしのもとに従わせ、48 わたしの敵からわたしを救い出されました。まことに、あなたはわたしに逆らって起りたつ者の上にわたしをあげ、不法の人からわたしを救い出されました。49 このゆえに主よ、わたしはもろもろの国民のなかであなたをたたえ、あなたのみ名をほめ歌います。50 主はその王に大いなる勝利を与え、その油そそがれた者に、ダビデとその子孫とに、とこしえにいつくしみを加えられるでしょう。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena;   Readings, Select;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Cherubim;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Cherub;   Fire;   Psalms, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Cherubim;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Cherub;   Winds;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Cherub, Cherubim;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Apocalyptic Literature;   Cherubim;   Cloud;   David;   English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jonah;   Kingdom of God;   Psalms;   Salvation, Saviour;   Shekinah;   Sin;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Cherubim ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Fire;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Cherub;   David;   Psalms the book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Fly;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Cherub;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bush, the Burning;   Cherubim (1);   Wings;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Theophany;  

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

rode: Psalms 99:1, 2 Samuel 22:11, 2 Samuel 22:12, Ezekiel 1:5-14, Ezekiel 10:20-22

he did fly: Psalms 104:3

Reciprocal: Exodus 40:34 - a cloud Deuteronomy 33:26 - rideth 1 Kings 6:23 - two cherubims 1 Chronicles 28:18 - the chariot Job 20:8 - fly away Job 26:8 - thick clouds Job 30:22 - to ride Psalms 68:4 - rideth Psalms 68:17 - chariots Psalms 68:33 - rideth Psalms 139:9 - the wings Isaiah 6:2 - did fly Isaiah 19:1 - rideth Ezekiel 10:1 - above Ezekiel 10:18 - and stood Daniel 3:17 - our God Habakkuk 3:8 - ride Matthew 17:5 - behold Acts 2:2 - as

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly,.... The Targum renders it in the plural number, "cherubim"; and so the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions; and by whom may be meant, either the angels, who are as horses and chariots, on whom Jehovah rides, and who art he makes use of as executioners of his wrath and vengeance, Zechariah 6:5; and to whom wings are assigned as a token of swiftness, Isaiah 6:2; or rather the ministers of the Gospel, who are the living creatures in Revelation 4:7; and answer to the "cherubim" in Ezekiel's visions; and whom God made use of, especially after the death of Christ, and when the Gospel was rejected by the Jews, to carry it into the Gentile world, which was done by them with great speed and swiftness; and Maimonides u gives a caution, not to understand the phrase, "he did fly", as of God, but of the cherub;

yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind; which may design the speedy help and assistance God gave to his Son, and gives to his people; and the swift destruction of their enemies; see Psalms 104:3; the words in

2 Samuel 22:11, with only the variation of a letter in one word, are, "and he was seen upon the wings of the wind"; which were both true; nor need a various reading be supposed, the psalmist using both words at different times, suitable to his purpose, and which both express his sense. Wings are ascribed to the winds by the Heathen poets, and they are represented as winged on ancient monuments w.

u Moreh Nevochim. par. 1. c. 49. w Vide Cuperi Apotheos. Homeri, p. 178. Wings are given to the south wind by Ovid, Metamorph. l. 1. Fab. 7. and by Juvenal, Satyr. 5. v. 10. and by Virgil, Aeneid. 8. v. 430. and who also speaks of wings of lightning, Aeneid. 5. v. 319.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he rode upon a cherub - Compare Isaiah 14:13, note; Isaiah 37:16, note. The cherub in the theology of the Hebrews was a figurative representation of power and majesty, under the image of a being of a high and celestial nature, “whose form is represented as composed from the figures of a man, ox, lion, and eagle,” Ezekiel 1:0; Ezekiel 10:0. Cherubs are first mentioned as guarding the gates of Paradise, Genesis 3:24; then as bearing the throne of God upon their wings through the clouds, Ezekiel 1:0; Ezekiel 10:0; and also as statues or images made of wood and overlaid with gold, over the cover of the ark, in the inner sanctuary of the tabernacle, and of the temple, Exodus 25:18 ff; 1 Kings 6:23-28. Between the two cherubim in the temple, the Shechinah, or visible symbol of the presence of God, rested; and hence, God is represented as “dwelling between the cherubim,” Exodus 25:22; Numbers 7:89; Psalms 80:1; Psalms 99:1. The cherubim are not to be regarded as real existences, or as an order of angels like the seraphim Isaiah 6:2-3, but as an imaginary representation of majesty, as emblematic of the power and glory of God. Here God is represented as “riding on a cherub;” that is, as coming forth on the clouds regarded as a cherub (compare Ezekiel 1:0), as if, seated on his throne, he was borne along in majesty and power amidst the storm and tempest.

And did fly - He seemed to move rapidly on the flying clouds.

Yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind - Rapidly as the clouds driven along by the wind. The “wings of the wind” are designed to represent the rapidity with which the wind sweeps along. Rapid motion is represented by the flight of birds; hence, the term wings is applied to winds to denote the rapidity of their movement. The whole figure here is designed to represent; the majesty with which God seemed to be borne along on the tempest. Herder renders it, “He flew on the wings of the storm.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 18:10. He rode upon a cherub, and did fly — - That is, as it is immediately explained, Yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. God was in the storm, and by the ministry of angels guided the course of it, and drove it on with such an impetuous force as nothing could withstand. He 'rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.' Angels are in a peculiar sense the attendants and messengers of the Almighty, whom he employs as his ministers in effecting many of those great events which take place in the administration of his providence; and particularly such as manifest his immediate interposition in the extraordinary judgments which he inflicts for the punishment of sinful nations. See Psalms 103:20; Psalms 104:4. The cherub is particularly mentioned as an emblem of the Divine presence, and especially as employed in supporting and conveying the chariot of the Almighty, when he is represented as riding in his majesty through the firmament of heaven: -

-Forth rush'd with whirlwind sound

The chariot of paternal Deity;

Flashing thick flames, wheel within wheel undrawn,

Itself instinct with spirit, but convey'd

By four cherubic shapes.

Par. Lost, lib. vi.


This seems to be the image intended to be conveyed in the place before us. "He rode upon a cherub, and did fly; he flew on the wings of the wind," i.e., the cherub supported and led on the tempest, in which the Almighty rode as in his chariot. This is agreeable to the office elsewhere ascribed to the cherubim. Thus they supported the mercy-seat, which was peculiarly the throne of God under the Jewish economy. God is expressly said to "make the clouds his chariot," Psalms 104:3; and to "ride upon a swift cloud," Isaiah 19:1: so that "riding upon a cherub," and "riding upon a swift cloud," is riding in the cloud as his chariot, supported and guided by the ministry of the cherubim. The next clause in the parallel place of Samuel is, "He was seen on the wings of the wind;" ירא yera, he was seen, being used for ידא yede, he flew, ד daleth being changed into ר resh. Either of them may be the true reading, for the MSS. are greatly divided on these places; but on the whole וירא vaiyera appears to be the better reading: "And he was seen on the wings of the wind."

As the original has been supposed by adequate judges to exhibit a fine specimen of that poetry which, in the choice of its terms, conveys both sense and sound, I will again lay it before the reader, as I have done in the parallel place, 2 Samuel 22:2. The words in italic Hebrew to be read from right to left.

ויעף כרוב על וירכב

vaiyaoph kerub al vayirkab

And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly!

רוח כנפי על וידא

ruach canphey al waiyede

Yea, he flew on the wings of the wind!


The word רוח ruach, in the last line, should be pronounced, not ruak, which is no Hebrew word: but as a Scottish man would pronounce it, were it written ruagh. With this observation, how astonishingly is the rushing of the wind heard in the last word of each hemistich! Sternhold and Hopkins have succeeded in their version of this place, not only beyond all they ever did, but beyond every ancient and modern poet on a similar subject: -

"On cherub and on cherubin

Full royally he rode;

And on the wings of mighty winds

Came flying all abroad."


Even the old Anglo-Scottish Psalter has not done amiss: -

And he steygh aboven cherubyn and he flow;

He flow aboven the fethers of wyndes.


 
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