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詩編 44:19

span data-lang="jpn" data-trans="kyb" data-ref="psa.44.1" class="versetxt"> 1 神よ、いにしえ、われらの先祖たちの日に、あなたがなされたみわざを彼らがわれらに語ったのを耳で聞きました。2 すなわちあなたはみ手をもって、もろもろの国民を追い払ってわれらの先祖たちを植え、またもろもろの民を悩まして、われらの先祖たちをふえ広がらせられました。3 彼らは自分のつるぎによって国を獲たのでなく、また自分の腕によって勝利を得たのでもありません。ただあなたの右の手、あなたの腕、あなたのみ顔の光によるのでした。あなたが彼らを恵まれたからです。4 あなたはわが王、わが神、ヤコブのために勝利を定められる方です。5 われらはあなたによって、あだを押し倒し、われらに立ちむかう者を、み名によって踏みにじるのです。6 わたしは自分の弓を頼まず、わたしのつるぎもまた、わたしを救うことができないからです。7 しかしあなたはわれらをあだから救い、われらを憎む者をはずかしめられました。8 われらは常に神によって誇り、とこしえにあなたのみ名に感謝するでしょう。[セラ9 ところがあなたはわれらを捨てて恥を負わせ、われらの軍勢と共に出て行かれませんでした。10 あなたがわれらをあだの前から退かせられたので、われらの敵は心のままにかすめ奪いました。11 あなたはわれらをほふられる羊のようにし、またもろもろの国民のなかに散らされました。12 あなたはわずかの金であなたの民を売り、彼らのために高い価を求められませんでした。13 あなたはわれらを隣り人にそしらせ、われらをめぐる者どもに侮らせ、あざけらせられました。14 またもろもろの国民のなかにわれらを笑い草とし、もろもろの民のなかに笑い者とされました。15 わがはずかしめはひねもすわたしの前にあり、恥はわたしの顔をおおいました。16 これはそしる者と、ののしる者の言葉により、敵と、恨みを報いる者のゆえによるのです。17 これらの事が皆われらに臨みましたが、われらはあなたを忘れず、あなたの契約にそむくことがありませんでした。18 われらの心はたじろがず、またわれらの歩みはあなたの道を離れませんでした。19 それでもあなたは山犬の住む所でわれらを砕き、暗やみをもってわれらをおおわれました。20 われらがもしわれらの神の名を忘れ、ほかの神に手を伸べたことがあったならば、21 神はこれを見あらわされないでしょうか。神は心の秘密をも知っておられるからです。22 ところがわれらはあなたのためにひねもす殺されて、ほふられる羊のようにみなされました。23 主よ、起きてください。なぜ眠っておられるのですか。目をさましてください。われらをとこしえに捨てないでください。24 なぜあなたはみ顔を隠されるのですか。なぜわれらの悩みと、しえたげをお忘れになるのですか。25 まことにわれらの魂はかがんで、ちりに伏し、われらのからだは土につきました。26 起きて、われらをお助けください。あなたのいつくしみのゆえに、われらをあがなってください。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Forgetting God;   Murmuring;   Thompson Chain Reference - Death;   Shadow of Death;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Apostates;   Dragon, the;   Forgetting God;   Steadfastness;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Korah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Dragon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jackal;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Dragon;   English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Korah, Korahites;   Psalms;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Dragon;   God;   Korah;   Psalms the book of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Dragon;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Broken;   Dragon;   Jackal;   Shadow of Death;   Whale;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Dragon;   Judaism;  

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Though: Psalms 38:8, Psalms 60:1-3, Jeremiah 14:17

in the: Psalms 74:13, Psalms 74:14, Isaiah 27:1, Isaiah 34:13, Isaiah 34:14, Isaiah 35:7, Ezekiel 29:3, Revelation 12:9, Revelation 13:2, Revelation 13:11-13, Revelation 16:10

with the: Psalms 23:4, Job 3:5, Job 10:21, Job 10:22, Matthew 4:16

Reciprocal: Job 16:12 - broken me Jeremiah 13:16 - the shadow Lamentations 3:43 - covered Luke 1:79 - and

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons,.... Where men, comparable to dragons or their poison and cruelty, dwell; particularly in Rome, and the Roman jurisdiction, both Pagan and Papal, the seat of Satan the great red dragon, and of his wretched brood and offspring, the beast, to whom he has given his power; here the saints and followers of Christ have been sorely afflicted and persecuted, and yet have held fast the name of Christ, and not denied his faith; see Revelation 2:13; the wilderness is the habitation of dragons; and this is the name of the place where the church is said to be in the times of the Papacy, and where she is fed and preserved for a time, and times, and half a time, Revelation 12:6;

and covered us with the shadow of death; as the former phrase denotes the cruelty of the enemies of Christ's church and people, this their dismal afflictions and forlorn state and condition; see Psalms 23:4 Isaiah 9:2; and may have some respect to the darkness of Popery, when it was at the height, and the church of Christ was covered with it, there being very little appearances and breakings forth of Gospel light any where. According to Arama, the "place of dragons" denotes the captivity of Egypt, which is the great dragon; and the "shadow of death", he says, was a name of Egypt in ancient times, as say the Rabbins; and observes that Psalms 44:25 explains this; see Genesis 3:14.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons - Or rather, “That thou hast crushed us in the place of dragons.” The connection is continued from the previous verse: “Our heart is not so turned back, nor have our steps so declined from thy path, that thou shouldst crush us in the place of dragons.” That is, we have been guilty of no such apostasy and infidelity as to account for the fact that thou hast dealt with us in this manner, or make it necessary and proper that we should thus be crushed and overthrown The word rendered “dragons” - תנין tannı̂yn - means either a great fish; a sea monster; a serpent; a dragon; or a crocodile. See the notes at Isaiah 13:22. It may also mean a jackal, a fox, or a wolf. DeWette renders it here, jackals. The idea in the passage is essentially the same, whichever interpretation of the word is adopted. The “place of dragons” would denote the place where such monsters are found, or where they had their abode; that is to say, in desolate places; wastes; deserts; old ruins; depopulated towns. See the notes, as above, at Isaiah 13:19-22; compare Jeremiah 9:11. The meaning here would be, therefore, that they had been vanquished; that their cities and towns had been reduced to ruins; that their land had been laid waste; that the place where they had been “sore broken” was in fact a fit abode for wild beasts and monsters.

And covered us with the shadow of death - Our land has been covered with a dark and dismal shade, as if Death had cast his image or shadow over it. See Job 3:5, note; and Psalms 23:4, note. There could be no more striking illustration of calamity and ruin.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 44:19. Thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons — Thou hast delivered us into the hands of a fierce, cruel, and murderous people. We, as a people, are in a similar state to one who has strayed into a wilderness, where there are no human inhabitants; who hears nothing round about him but the hissing of serpents, the howling of beasts of prey, and the terrible roaring of the lion; and who expects every moment to be devoured.


 
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