詩篇 140
1 聖歌隊の指揮者によってうたわせたダビデの歌 主よ、悪しき人々からわたしを助け出し、わたしを守って、乱暴な人々からのがれさせてください。
Yahweh, rescue/save me from [being attacked by] evil men; and [even more], (keep me safe/protect me) from being attacked by violent people.
2 彼らは心のうちに悪い事をはかり、絶えず戦いを起します。
They are always planning to do evil things and they are always inciting/urging people to start quarrels.
3 彼らはへびのようにおのが舌を鋭くし、そのくちびるの下にはまむしの毒があります。 (セラ)
By what they say [MTY] [they injure people like] poisonous snakes do; the words that they speak [MTY] [can kill people as easily as] cobras/vipers do.
4 主よ、わたしを保って、悪しき人の手からのがれさせ、わたしを守って、わが足をつまずかせようとする乱暴な人々からのがれさせてください。
Yahweh, protect me from the power [MTY] of wicked [people]. Keep me safe from violent men who plan to destroy me [SYN].
5 高ぶる者はわたしのためにわなを伏せ、綱をもって網を張り、道のほとりにわなを設けました。 (セラ)
[It is as though] proud people have set a trap for me; [it is as though] they have spread their nets to catch me; [it is as though] they have put those things along the road to catch/seize me.
6 わたしは主に言います、「あなたはわが神です。主よ、わが願いの声に耳を傾けてください。
I say to you, “Yahweh, you are my God;” [so] listen to me while I cry out to you to help me.
7 わが救の力、主なる神よ、あなたは戦いの日に、わがこうべをおおわれました。
Yahweh, my Lord, you are the one who defends me strongly; you have [protected me] during battles [MET] [as though you had put a helmet on] my head.
8 主よ、悪しき人の願いをゆるさないでください。その悪しき計画をとげさせないでください。 (セラ)
Yahweh, do allow wicked [people] to do the things that they desire, and do not allow them to do the [evil things that] they plan to do.
9 わたしを囲む者がそのこうべをあげるとき、そのくちびるの害悪で彼らをおおってください。
[Do not allow] my enemies to (become proud/defeat me); cause the evil things that they say [MTY] they will do to me to happen to them, [instead].
10 燃える炭を彼らの上に落してください。彼らを穴に投げ入れ、再び上がることのできないようにしてください。
Cause burning coals to fall on their [heads]! Cause them to be thrown into deep pits, from which they cannot climb out!
11 悪口を言う者を世に立たせないでください。乱暴な人をすみやかに災に追い捕えさせてください」。
Do not allow those who slander others to succeed; cause evil things to happen to violent men and destroy them!
12 わたしは主が苦しむ者の訴えをたすけ、貧しい者のために正しいさばきを行われることを知っています。
Yahweh, I know that you defend those who are oppressed, and that you do what is just/fair for those who are needy/poor.
13 正しい人は必ずみ名に感謝し、直き人はみ前に住むでしょう。
Righteous [people] will surely thank you [MTY], and they will live (in your presence/with you).
