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聖書日本語

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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 - Blessing;   Gentleness;   Shield;   Testimony;   Thompson Chain Reference - Divine;   Gentleness;   God;   Providence, Divine;   Support, Divine;   Sustaining Providence;   The Topic Concordance - Giving and Gifts;   God;   Greatness;   Salvation;   Stumbling/slipping;   Upholdment;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Shields;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Fire;   Psalms, the Book of;   War;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Providence;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Meekness;   Salvation;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Apocalyptic Literature;   David;   English Versions;   Gentleness;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jonah;   Psalms;   Salvation, Saviour;   Sin;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Salvation Save Saviour;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gentleness;   Humility;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 21;  

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

shield: Psalms 5:12, Psalms 28:7, Deuteronomy 33:29, 2 Samuel 22:36

right: Psalms 17:7, Psalms 45:3

gentleness: or, with thy meekness thou hast multiplied me, Psalms 45:4, Isaiah 40:11, Isaiah 22:3, 2 Corinthians 10:1, Galatians 5:22, Galatians 5:23, James 3:17, James 3:18

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:35 - the Lord Genesis 32:10 - my staff Joshua 3:7 - magnify thee 2 Chronicles 26:7 - God helped Esther 10:2 - advanced him Psalms 20:6 - with Psalms 30:7 - by thy Psalms 60:5 - save Psalms 63:8 - thy Psalms 119:65 - dealt well Psalms 138:7 - and thy right Psalms 140:7 - the strength

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou hast given me the shield of thy salvation,.... Meaning either temporal salvation, which was a shield to him when he had no outward one, as when he fought with Goliath; and was what preserved him in all his battles at other times: or spiritual salvation, which is of the Lord, of his contriving, effecting:, and applying, and in which his glory is concerned; interest in which is a free gift of his, as are the knowledge, application, and possession of it; and this is as a shield, which saves from sin, from all sin, and the damning power of it; keeps off the curses of the law, secures from wrath to come, and repels Satan's temptations; the words may be applied to Christ, who, though he was not saved from dying, yet was preserved in the day of salvation, and was not suffered to see corruption in the grave, and was quickly delivered from the power and dominion of it;

and thy right hand hath holden me up; Christ may be said to be the right hand of God, being as dear to him as his right hand; and being exalted at it; and because by him he communicates all good things to his people, and with him upholds and sustains them; or else it designs the mighty power of God, which is often signified by it,

Psalms 20:6; and may be understood of the sustentation of David, both in a providential way, with respect to his being, the preservation of it, the supplies of life, and support in times of trouble and distress; and in a spiritual sense, maintaining the principle of grace in him, furnishing him with fresh supplies of grace, and bearing him up under and through every temptation and exercise; so upholding him that he stood firm in the true grace of God, in the exercise of it implanted, and in the doctrine of grace, so as to go forward in the ways of God, and follow hard after him, and so as not to fall and utterly perish; and which is true of all the saints; see

Psalms 63:8. The words may be interpreted of Christ, who, as man and Mediator, as God's righteous servant, was upheld by him, so that he failed not, nor was he discouraged; the hand of the Lord was established with him, and his arm also strengthened him, Isaiah 42:1; this clause is not in 2 Samuel 22:36;

and thy gentleness hath made me great; David was very mean and low by his birth and occupation, and while persecuted by Saul; but God of his grace and goodness, of his sovereign good will and pleasure, raised him to an high estate, set him on the throne of Israel, and gave him honour among and above the kings of the earth; so Kimchi interprets the word for "gentleness" by "goodness" or "merciful" kindness; R. Jonah by "providence"; and R. Isaac explains it "thy help [and] good will"; and all shows that his greatness was not owing to his merits, but to the providential goodness of God; and his special grace and mercy in Christ Jesus made him still greater, even a child of God, an heir of God, a joint heir with Christ, a King and a Priest unto God; gave him a right unto and a meetness for a crown of glory, an everlasting kingdom, an eternal inheritance, as it does all the saints. The words may be rendered, "thy humility hath made me great" p; which may be understood either of God's humbling himself to look upon him in his low estate, and to raise him to such honour and dignity as he did, both in a temporal and spiritual sense; see Psalms 113:6; or of the humility which he had in himself from God, as Aben Ezra interprets it; of which grace God is the author; it is a fruit of the Spirit; which he takes great notice of, gives more grace to them that have it, and exalts them, as he did David, who was mean and low in his own eyes. The Septuagint, and those versions which follow that, render it "thy discipline" or "correction": and so may design the gentleness and lenity of God in chastising his people, which is always in measure and in judgment, and for their good; whereby he increases grace in them, and trains them up for, and brings them to his kingdom and glory. The Chaldee paraphrase is, "by thy word thou hast increased me"; it may not be improperly interpreted of Christ, who was very low in his estate of humiliation on earth, but is now highly exalted, and crowned with glory and honour; who first endured great sufferings, and then entered into his glory.

p ענותך "mansuetudo tua", Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Gejerus; "thy meekness", Ainsworth; ענוה "sumitur pro humilitate seu mansuetudine", Zeph. ii. 3. Gejerus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvations - Thou hast saved me as with a shield; thou hast thrown thy shield before me in times of danger. See the note at Psalms 5:12.

And thy right hand hath holden me up - Thou hast sustained me when in danger of failing, as if thou hadst upheld me with thine own hand.

And thy gentleness hath made me great - Margin, “or, with thy meekness thou hast multiplied me.” The word here rendered gentleness, evidently means here favor, goodness, kindness. It commonly means humility, modesty, as applied to men; as applied to God, it means mildness, clemency, favor. The idea is, that God had dealt with him in gentleness, kindness, clemency, and that to this fact alone he owed all his prosperity and success in life. It was not by any claim which he had on God; it was by no worth of his own; it was by no native strength or valor that he had been thus exalted, but it was wholly because God had dealt kindly with him, or had showed him favor. So all our success in life is to be traced to the favor - the kindness - of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 18:35. The shield of thy salvation — In all battles and dangers God defended him. He was constantly safe because he possessed the salvation of God. Everywhere God protected him. Thy gentleness, ענותך anvathecha, thy meekness or humility. Thou hast enabled me to bear and forbear; to behave with courage in adversity, and with humility in prosperity; and thus I am become great. By these means thou hast multiplied me. The Vulgate reads, Disciplina tua ipsa me docebit; "And thy discipline itself shall teach me." In this sense it was understood by most of the versions. The old Psalter paraphrases thus: Thi chastying suffers me noght to erre fra the end to com.


 
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