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142 1-2 私は主の前に悩み事をさらけ出して、
あわれんでくださいと祈ります。
私は打ちひしがれ、絶望しています。
どの道を進めば敵のしかけた罠にかからずにすむのか、
あなただけがご存じです。
右側の少し先に、罠が一つあります。
誰ひとり、声をかけて助けてくれる人はいないのです。
私がどうなろうと、だれも気にも留めないのです。
そこで、私は主に祈りました。
「主よ。あなたは唯一の隠れ家です。
あなただけが、無事に守ってくださるお方なのです。

私の叫びを聞いてください。
迫害する者どもの手から救い出してください。
相手は強すぎて、とても手に負えません。
どうか、私を牢獄から連れ出し、
あなたへの感謝にあふれさせてください。
私が助けられたことを知れば、
神を敬う人々は、あなたの力を喜ぶでしょう。」

142 I cried unto the Lord with my voice; with my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication.

I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

A Plea for Relief from Persecutors

A (A)Contemplation[a] of David. A Prayer (B)when he was in the cave.

142 I cry out to the Lord with my voice;
With my voice to the Lord I make my supplication.
I pour out my complaint before Him;
I declare before Him my trouble.

When my spirit [b]was (C)overwhelmed within me,
Then You knew my path.
In the way in which I walk
They have secretly (D)set a snare for me.
Look on my right hand and see,
For there is no one who acknowledges me;
Refuge has failed me;
No one cares for my soul.

I cried out to You, O Lord:
I said, “You are my refuge,
My portion in the land of the living.
[c]Attend to my cry,
For I am brought very low;
Deliver me from my persecutors,
For they are stronger than I.
Bring my soul out of prison,
That I may (E)praise Your name;
The righteous shall surround me,
For You shall deal bountifully with me.”

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 142:1 Heb. Maschil
  2. Psalm 142:3 Lit. fainted
  3. Psalm 142:6 Give heed