詩篇 40
Japanese Living Bible
40 私は、ただひたすら主の助けを待ち望みました。
すると、その願いは聞かれたのです。
2 あなたは絶望の穴から、
どろどろのぬかるみから引き上げて、
踏み固めた道に下ろし、
しっかり歩けるようにしてくださいました。
3 主は私の口に、
新しい賛美の歌を授けてくださいました。
私があなたに、どれほどすばらしいことを
していただいたかを知って、
大ぜいの人が敬虔な心で神を敬い、
信頼するようになるでしょう。
4 おごり高ぶり、偶像を拝む者には頼らず、
主だけを頼りとする人には、豊かに祝福が注がれます。
5 ああ、神である主よ。
あなたは何度も大きな奇跡を見せてくださり、
いつも私たちのことを心に留めてくださっています。
ほかのだれに、こんなすばらしいことができるでしょう。
だれも比べものにはなりません。
あなたのすばらしいみわざは、
どんなに時間をかけても語り尽くせないのです。
6 あなたが真に望んでおられるものは、
いけにえや供え物ではありません。
完全に焼き尽くすいけにえが、
あなたを特別喜ばせるわけではありません。
しかし、生涯を通じてあなたにお仕えしたいという
私の心は、受け入れてくださいました。
7 そこで、私はこう言いました。
「神よ。いま私は、
預言者が言っていたとおりに参りました。
8 あなたのおきてを心に刻んでいる私は、
喜んでご意志に従います。」
9 私は会う人ごとに、
あなたが人の罪を赦してくださるという
うれしい知らせを伝えます。
私が恐れることなくそうしてきたことを、
あなたはよくご存じです。
10 私はこの良い知らせを胸の中にしまい込んだりはせず、
かえって、あなたのいつくしみと真実を
多くの人に伝えて回りました。
11 ああ主よ。
あなたの愛と真実だけが頼りなのですから、
あわれみを出し惜しまないでください。
12 それがなければ、私は滅んでしまいます。
とても手に負えない問題が、山積みなのですから。
そのうえ、数えきれない罪に責め立てられ、
恥じ入るばかりで顔を上げることもできません。
身も心も縮み上がる思いです。
13 お願いです。どうか、早く助けてください。
14-15 いのちをつけねらう者どもをかき乱し、
追い払ってください。
あざける者たちをいやと言うほど痛めつけ、
恥を見させてやってください。
16 しかし、あなたとその救いを慕う人は、
喜びにあふれますように。
そして、常にその口からは、
「主はなんとすばらしいお方でしょう」と
賛美があふれますように。
17 私は貧しくて、困っています。
しかし主は、こんな時こそ
私を心にかけてくださっているのです。
ああ、救い主であられる神よ、
直ちに駆けつけて、救ってください。
Psalm 40
King James Version
40 I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.
4 Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5 Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.
10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
13 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste to help me.
14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.
17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
Psalm 40
English Standard Version
My Help and My Deliverer
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
40 I (A)waited patiently for the Lord;
he inclined to me and (B)heard my cry.
2 He drew me up from (C)the pit of destruction,
out of (D)the miry bog,
and (E)set my feet upon a rock,
(F)making my steps secure.
3 He put (G)a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will (H)see and fear,
and put their trust in the Lord.
4 Blessed is the man who (I)makes
the Lord his trust,
who does not turn to the proud,
to those who (J)go astray after a lie!
5 You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
your (K)wondrous deeds and your (L)thoughts toward us;
none can compare with you!
I will proclaim and tell of them,
yet they are (M)more than can be told.
6 (N)In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,
but you have given me an open (O)ear.[a]
Burnt offering and sin offering
you have not required.
7 Then I said, “Behold, I have come;
in the scroll of the book it is written (P)of me:
8 (Q)I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is (R)within my heart.”
9 I have told the glad news of deliverance[b]
in (S)the great congregation;
behold, I have not (T)restrained my lips,
(U)as you know, O Lord.
10 I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;
I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
from the great congregation.
11 As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain
your mercy from me;
your (V)steadfast love and your faithfulness will
ever preserve me!
12 For evils have (W)encompassed me
beyond number;
my (X)iniquities have overtaken me,
and I cannot (Y)see;
they are (Z)more than the hairs of my head;
my heart (AA)fails me.
13 (AB)Be pleased, O Lord, to (AC)deliver me!
O Lord, (AD)make haste to help me!
14 (AE)Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether
who seek to snatch away my life;
let those be (AF)turned back and brought to dishonor
who delight in my hurt!
15 Let those be appalled because of their shame
who (AG)say to me, “Aha, Aha!”
16 But may all who seek you
rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation
(AH)say continually, “Great is the Lord!”
17 As for me, I am (AI)poor and needy,
but (AJ)the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
do not delay, O my God!
Footnotes
- Psalm 40:6 Hebrew ears you have dug for me
- Psalm 40:9 Hebrew righteousness; also verse 10
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