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聖書日本語

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span data-lang="jpn" data-trans="kyb" data-ref="psa.71.1" class="versetxt"> 1 主よ、わたしはあなたに寄り頼む。とこしえにわたしをはずかしめないでください。2 あなたの義をもってわたしを助け、わたしを救い出してください。あなたの耳を傾けて、わたしをお救いください。3 わたしのためにのがれの岩となり、わたしを救う堅固な城となってください。あなたはわが岩、わが城だからです。4 わが神よ、悪しき者の手からわたしを救い、不義、残忍な人の支配から、わたしを救い出してください。5 主なる神よ、あなたはわたしの若い時からのわたしの望み、わたしの頼みです。6 わたしは生れるときからあなたに寄り頼みました。あなたはわたしを母の胎から取り出されたかたです。わたしは常にあなたをほめたたえます。7 わたしは多くの人に怪しまれるような者となりました。しかしあなたはわたしの堅固な避け所です。8 わたしの口はひねもす、あなたをたたえるさんびと、頌栄とをもって満たされています。9 わたしが年老いた時、わたしを見離さないでください。わたしが力衰えた時、わたしを見捨てないでください。10 わたしの敵はわたしについて語り、わたしのいのちをうかがう者は共にはかって、11 「神は彼を見捨てた。彼を助ける者がないから彼を追って捕えよ」と言います。12 神よ、わたしに遠ざからないでください。わが神よ、すみやかに来てわたしを助けてください。13 わたしにあだする者を恥じさせ、滅ぼしてください。わたしをそこなわんとする者を、そしりと、はずかしめとをもっておおってください。14 しかしわたしは絶えず望みをいだいて、いよいよあなたをほめたたえるでしょう。15 わたしの口はひねもすあなたの義と、あなたの救とを語るでしょう。わたしはその数を知らないからです。16 わたしは主なる神の大能のみわざを携えゆき、ただあなたの義のみを、ほめたたえるでしょう。17 神よ、あなたはわたしを若い時から教えられました。わたしはなお、あなたのくすしきみわざを宣べ伝えます。18 神よ、わたしが年老いて、しらがとなるとも、あなたの力をきたらんとするすべての代に宣べ伝えるまで、わたしを見捨てないでください。19 神よ、あなたの大能と義とは高い天にまで及ぶ。あなたは大いなる事をなされました。神よ、だれかあなたに等しい者があるでしょうか。20 あなたはわたしを多くの重い悩みにあわされましたが、再びわたしを生かし、地の深い所から引きあげられるでしょう。21 あなたはわたしの誉を増し、再びわたしを慰められるでしょう。22 わが神よ、わたしはまた立琴をもってあなたと、あなたのまこととをほめたたえます。イスラエルの聖者よ、わたしは琴をもってあなたをほめ歌います。23 わたしがあなたにむかってほめ歌うとき、わがくちびるは喜び呼ばわり、あなたがあがなわれたわが魂もまた喜び呼ばわるでしょう。24 わたしの舌もまたひねもすあなたの義を語るでしょう。わたしをそこなわんとした者が恥じあわてたからです。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Old Age;   Thompson Chain Reference - Decrepitude;   Feebleness;   Long Life;   Old Age;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Affliction, Consolation under;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Life;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms;   Rechab, Rechabites;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - God;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Age;   Fail;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Age, Old;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for August 27;  

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cast: Psalms 71:18, Psalms 92:13-15, Isaiah 46:4, 2 Timothy 1:12, 2 Timothy 4:18

old age: This determines the period when this Psalm was composed; for it was in David's old age that the rebellion of Absalom took place.

when: Psalms 73:26, Psalms 90:10, 2 Samuel 19:35, 2 Samuel 21:15-17, Ecclesiastes 12:1-7

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 19:7 - all the evil 2 Kings 18:30 - make you Psalms 31:10 - strength Psalms 37:25 - I have Psalms 43:2 - why dost Psalms 51:11 - Cast Psalms 86:17 - that they Proverbs 3:16 - Length Isaiah 36:15 - General Philemon 1:9 - Paul

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Cast me not off in the time of old age,.... The Lord never casts off nor casts away his people, whom he foreknew; they are near unto him; they are on his heart, and are engraven on the palms of his hands; and they shall never be removed from his heart's love, nor out of his arms, nor out of his covenant, and shall always be the objects of his care: he bears and carries them to old age, and even to hoary hairs: the Lord had been the guide of David's youth, and his trust then, Psalms 71:5; and now he desires he would be the staff of his old age; at which age he was when Absalom rebelled against him;

forsake me not when my strength faileth: as it does when old age comes on; then the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men bow themselves, and especially at death, when flesh and heart fail; but God will never forsake his people, neither in youth nor in old age, neither in life nor at death.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Cast me not off in the time of old age - When old age comes with its infirmities; its weaknesses; its trials. When my strength fails me; when my eyes grow dim; when my knees totter; when my friends have died; when I am no longer able to labor for my support; when the buoyant feelings of earlier years are no more; when my old companions and associates are gone, and I am left alone. Thou who didst watch over me in infancy; who didst guard me in childhood and youth; who hast defended me in manhood; who hast upheld me in the days of sickness, danger, bereavement, trouble - do thou not leave me when, in advanced years, I have special need of thy care; when I have reason to apprehend that there may come upon me, in that season of my life, troubles that I have never known before; when I shall not have the strength, the buoyancy, the elasticity, the ardor, the animal spirits of other years, to enable me to meet those troubles; and when I shall have none of the friends to cheer me whom I had in the earlier periods of my course. It is not unnatural or improper for a man who sees old age coming upon him to pray for special grace, and special strength, to enable him to meet what he cannot ward off, and what he cannot but dread; for who can look upon the infirmities of old age as coming upon himself but with sad and pensive feelings? Who would wish “to be” an old man? Who can look upon a man tottering with years, and broken down with infirmities - a man whose sight and hearing are gone - a man who is alone amidst the graves of all the friends that he had in early life - a man who is a burden to himself and to the world, a man who has reached the “last scene of all, that ends the strange eventful history,” that scene of

“Second childishness and mere oblivion,

Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything,” -

That scene when one can say,

“I have lived long enough; my way of life

Is fallen into the sear, the yellow leaf;

And that which should accompany old age,

As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends,

I must not look to have,”

Who can think of all this, and not pray for special grace for himself should he live to see those days of infirmity and weakness? And who, in view of such infirmities, can fail to see the propriety of seeking the favor of God in early years? Compare Ecclesiastes 12:1-6.

Forsake me not when my strength faileth - As I may expect it to do, when I grow old. A man can lay up nothing better for the infirmities of old age than the favor of God sought, by earnest prayer, in the days of his youth and his maturer years.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 71:9. Cast me not off in the time of old age — The original might be translated and paraphrased thus: "Thou wilt not cast me off till the time of old age; and according to the failure of my flesh, thou wilt not forsake me." My expectation of rest and happiness will not be deferred till the time that I shall be an aged man, Thou wilt not withdraw thy presence from me as my flesh decays, and as my natural strength abates; but, on the contrary, as my outward man decays, my inward man shall be renewed day by day. It was in David's old age that the rebellion of Absalom took place.


 
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