God in ugliness

  

私たちは、神が肉体化した姿、

醜い肉体を持った神、

醜い神に嫌悪感を抱いている。

Psalm 55

Psalm 55

New American Bible (Revised Edition)

 

For the leader. On stringed instruments. A maskil of David.

I

² Listen, God, to my prayer;
    do not hide from my pleading;
³     hear me and give answer.
I rock with grief; I groan
⁴     at the uproar of the enemy,
    the clamor of the wicked.
They heap trouble upon me,
    savagely accuse me.
⁵ My heart pounds within me;
    death’s terrors fall upon me.
⁶ Fear and trembling overwhelm me;
    shuddering sweeps over me.
⁷ I say, “If only I had wings like a dove
    that I might fly away and find rest.
⁸ Far away I would flee;
    I would stay in the desert.
Selah
⁹ “I would soon find a shelter
    from the raging wind and storm.”

II

¹⁰ Lord, check and confuse their tongues.
    For I see violence and strife in the city
¹¹     making rounds on its walls day and night.
Within are mischief and trouble;
¹²     treachery is in its midst;
    oppression and fraud never leave its streets.
¹³ For it is not an enemy that reviled me—
    that I could bear—
Not a foe who viewed me with contempt,
    from that I could hide.
¹⁴ But it was you, my other self,
    my comrade and friend,
¹⁵ You, whose company I enjoyed,
    at whose side I walked
    in the house of God.

III

¹⁶ Let death take them;
    let them go down alive to Sheol,
    for evil is in their homes and bellies.
¹⁷ But I will call upon God,
    and the Lord will save me.
¹⁸ At dusk, dawn, and noon
    I will grieve and complain,
    and my prayer will be heard.
¹⁹ He will redeem my soul in peace
    from those who war against me,
    though there are many who oppose me.
²⁰ God, who sits enthroned forever,
    will hear me and afflict them.
Selah
For they will not mend their ways;
    they have no fear of God.
²¹ He stretched out his hand at his friends
    and broke his covenant.
²² Softer than butter is his speech,
    but war is in his heart.
Smoother than oil are his words,
    but they are unsheathed swords.
²³ Cast your care upon the Lord,
    who will give you support.
He will never allow
    the righteous to stumble.
²⁴ But you, God, will bring them down
    to the pit of destruction.
These bloodthirsty liars
    will not live half their days,
    but I put my trust in you.