詩篇 39
Japanese Living Bible
39 私は自分に言い聞かせました。
「不平を言うのはやめよう。
特に、神を信じない者たちがそばにいる間は。」
2-3 ところが、おし黙っている私の心の中では、
すさまじい暴風が吹き荒れているのです。
思いにふければふけるほど、
体の中で火が燃え上がります。
私はたまりかねて口を開き、
神にとりすがりました。
4 主よ、地上で生きる年月などわずかであることを
私にわからせてください。
ここにいるのもあとほんの少しだと、
思い知らせてください。
5-6 残りの生涯は手の幅ほどもありません。
私の一生など、神から見れば
ただの一瞬にすぎません。
人は、なんとおごり高ぶることでしょう。
人のいのちは息のようにはかないものです。
しかも、どんなにあくせくしようと、
何一つ残せるわけではありません。
他人に渡すために、富を築くようなものです。
7 神よ。私はあなたにだけ望みをかけているのです。
8 私が罪に負けないように助けてください。
そうでないと、愚かな者どもまでが、
私をさげすみますから。
9 主よ。もう私は何も申し上げません。
不平がましいことなどひと言も口にしません。
罰をお下しになるのはあなたですから。
10 主よ、これ以上、私を打たないでください。
おかげで私は、息も絶え絶えです。
11 ひとたびあなたから罪を罰せられれば、
だれでも倒れてしまいます。
人は、虫に食われた衣類のようにもろく、
霧のようにはかないものですから。
12 ああ主よ、私の祈りを聞いてください。
この涙ながらの訴えに耳を貸してください。
私の涙などそ知らぬ顔で傍観しないでください。
私はあなたに招かれた客ではありませんか。
先祖同様、この地上を仮の宿とする旅人なのです。
13 どうかこのいのちをお助けください。
死ぬ前にもう一度、元気になりたいのです。
喜びに満たされたいのです。
Psalm 39
King James Version
39 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
4 Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.
5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
12 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
Psalm 39
New King James Version
Prayer for Wisdom and Forgiveness
To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
39 I said, “I will guard my ways,
Lest I sin with my (A)tongue;
I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle,
While the wicked are before me.”
2 (B)I was mute with silence,
I held my peace even from good;
And my sorrow was stirred up.
3 My heart was hot within me;
While I was [a]musing, the fire burned.
Then I spoke with my tongue:
4 “Lord, (C)make me to know my end,
And what is the measure of my days,
That I may know how frail I am.
5 Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my age is as nothing before You;
Certainly every man at his best state is but (D)vapor. Selah
6 Surely every man walks about like a shadow;
Surely they [b]busy themselves in vain;
He heaps up riches,
And does not know who will gather them.
7 “And now, Lord, what do I wait for?
My (E)hope is in You.
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions;
Do not make me (F)the reproach of the foolish.
9 (G)I was mute, I did not open my mouth,
Because it was (H)You who did it.
10 (I)Remove Your plague from me;
I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.
11 When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity,
You make his beauty (J)melt away like a moth;
Surely every man is vapor. Selah
12 “Hear my prayer, O Lord,
And give ear to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am a stranger with You,
A sojourner, (K)as all my fathers were.
13 (L)Remove Your gaze from me, that I may regain strength,
Before I go away and (M)am no more.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 39:3 meditating
- Psalm 39:6 make an uproar for nothing
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