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span data-lang="jpn" data-trans="kyb" data-ref="psa.35.1" class="versetxt"> 1 主よ、わたしと争う者とあらそい、わたしと戦う者と戦ってください。2 盾と大盾とを執って、わたしを助けるために立ちあがってください。3 やりと投げやりとを抜いて、わたしに追い迫る者に立ちむかい、「わたしはおまえの救である」と、わたしに言ってください。4 どうか、わたしの命を求める者をはずかしめ、いやしめ、わたしにむかって悪をたくらむ者を退け、あわてふためかせてください。5 彼らを風の前のもみがらのようにし、主の使に彼らを追いやらせてください。6 彼らの道を暗く、なめらかにし、主の使に彼らを追い行かせてください。7 彼らはゆえなくわたしのために網を隠し、ゆえなくわたしのために穴を掘ったからです。8 不意に滅びを彼らに臨ませ、みずから隠した網にとらえられ、彼らを滅びに陥らせてください。9 そのときわが魂は主によって喜び、その救をもって楽しむでしょう。10 わたしの骨はことごとく言うでしょう、「主よ、だれかあなたにたぐうべき者がありましょう。あなたは弱い者を強い者から助け出し、弱い者と貧しい者を、かすめ奪う者から助け出される方です」と。11 悪意のある証人が起って、わたしの知らない事をわたしに尋ねる。12 彼らは悪をもってわたしの善に報い、わが魂を寄るべなき者とした。13 しかし、わたしは彼らが病んだとき、荒布をまとい、断食してわが身を苦しめた。わたしは胸にこうべをたれて祈った、14 ちょうど、わが友、わが兄弟のために悲しんだかのように。わたしは母をいたむ者のように悲しみうなだれて歩きまわった。15 しかし彼らはわたしのつまずくとき、喜びつどい、ともに集まってわたしを責めた。わたしの知らない他国の者はわたしをののしってやめなかった。16 彼らはますます、けがす言葉をもってあざけり、わたしにむかって歯をかみならした。17 主よ、いつまであなたはながめておられますか、わたしを彼らの破壊から、わたしのいのちを若きししから救い出してください。18 わたしは大いなるつどいの中で、あなたに感謝し、多くの民の中で、あなたをほめたたえるでしょう。19 偽ってわたしの敵となった者どものわたしについて喜ぶことを許さないでください。ゆえなく、わたしを憎む者どものたがいに目くばせすることを許さないでください。20 彼らは平和を語らず、国のうちに穏やかに住む者にむかって欺きの言葉をたくらむからです。21 彼らはわたしにむかって口をあけひろげ、「あはぁ、あはぁ、われらの目はそれを見た」と言います。22 主よ、あなたはこれを見られました。もださないでください。主よ、わたしに遠ざからないでください。23 わが神、わが主よ、わがさばきのため、わが訴えのために奮いたち、目をさましてください。24 わが神、主よ、あなたの義にしたがってわたしをさばき、わたしの事について彼らを喜ばせないでください。25 彼らにその心のうちで、「あはぁ、われらの願ったことが達せられた」と言わせないでください。また彼らに「われらは彼を滅ぼしつくした」と言わせないでください。26 わたしの災を喜ぶ者どもをともに恥じ、あわてふためかせてください。わたしにむかって誇りたかぶる者どもに恥と、はずかしめとを着せてください。27 わたしの義を喜ぶ者をば喜びの声をあげて喜ばせ、「そのしもべの幸福を喜ばれる主は大いなるかな」とつねに言わせてください。28 わたしの舌はひねもすあなたの義と、あなたの誉とを語るでしょう。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Enemy;   Prayer;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Salvation;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Confound;   Hurt;  

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

confounded: Psalms 35:26, Psalms 31:17, Psalms 31:18, Psalms 40:14, Psalms 40:15, Psalms 70:2, Psalms 70:3, Psalms 71:24

that: Psalms 38:12, 1 Samuel 23:23, 1 Kings 19:10, Ezekiel 13:19, Matthew 27:1

turned: Psalms 129:5, Isaiah 37:29, Jeremiah 46:5, John 18:6

Reciprocal: Psalms 17:9 - deadly enemies Psalms 35:8 - Let destruction Psalms 53:5 - thou hast Psalms 63:9 - seek Psalms 71:13 - Let them be Psalms 83:17 - General Psalms 143:3 - the enemy Jeremiah 17:18 - confounded Jeremiah 18:23 - forgive Lamentations 1:13 - he hath turned

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Let them be confounded, and put to shame, that seek after my soul,.... This petition, and what follows, which seem to be by way of imprecation, are to be considered as prophecies of what would be, and as expressions of faith that so it should be; and are not to be drawn into examples, and to be imitated by private persons; nor are they contrary to those evangelical rules, which require men to love their enemies, and pray for them; to give place to wrath, and not meditate vengeance, nor take it: and so it was with David's enemies. Saul, who hunted after his soul or life, to take it away, was filled with shame and confusion, when David, having cut off the skirt of his garment, held it up to him; by which he was convinced that his life was in his hands, and he did not take it away, though he was seeking after his: and so it will fare with the enemies of Christ, the Jews; who sought to take away his life and did take it away, when they shall see him come in the clouds of heaven, whom they have pierced; and in like manner will it be with the enemies of all his people, whom nothing will content but their lives, when they shall see the lambs they have worried and butchered on Christ's right hand, and they on the left; and to the sheep said, Come, ye blessed; and to them, Go, ye cursed,

Matthew 25:34;

let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt; as Saul did David's, even when he made the most specious show of affection and respect unto him, as well as when he more openly persecuted him; and more than once was he turned back with shame, and departed home; see 1 Samuel 24:22. The Jews, that came to apprehend Christ, together with the Roman soldiers, and who had devised and intended his hurt, went backward, and fell to the ground with shame and confusion, when, having asked them who they sought, and they had replied, told them he was the person; and how often has it been, that when wicked men have devised, deceitful matters against the members of Christ, that their counsel has been carried headlong, they have not been able to perform their enterprises; a hook has been put into their nose, and a bridle in their jaws, and they have been turned back the way they came, with shame and disgrace.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let them be confounded - That is, Let them, through Thy gracious interposition in my behalf, be so entirely overcome and subdued that they shall be “ashamed” that they ever made the effort to destroy me; let them see so manifestly that God is on my side that they will be covered with confusion for having opposed one who was so entirely the object of the divine protection and care. See Psalms 6:10, note; Psalms 25:2-3, notes. Compare the notes at Job 6:20.

That seek after my soul - My life. That seek to destroy me.

Let them be turned back - In their attempts to pursue me. Do thou interpose and turn them back.

And brought to confusion - Put to shame; or made ashamed - as they are who are disappointed and thwarted in their schemes.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 35:4. Let then be confounded — Let none of their projects or devices against me succeed. Blast all their designs.

The imprecations in these verses against enemies are all legitimate. They are not against the souls or eternal welfare of those sinners, but against their schemes and plans for destroying the life of an innocent man; and the holiest Christian may offer up such prayers against his adversaries. If a man aim a blow at another with a design to take away his life, and the blow would infallibly be mortal if it took place, and the person about to be slain see that by breaking the arm of his adversary he may prevent his own death, and thus save his enemy from actual murder; it is his duty to prevent this double evil by breaking the arm of the blood-thirsty man. It is on this principle that David prays against his adversaries in the first eight verses of this Psalm.


 
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