1 H ear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to You.

اسْمَعْ يا اللهُ صَلاتِي. لَيتَ استِغاثَتِي تَصِلُ إلَى أُذُنَيكَ.

2 H ide not Your face from me in the day when I am in distress! Incline Your ear to me; in the day when I call, answer me speedily.

لا تَتَجاهَلْنِي فِي وَقتِ ضِيقِي هَذا! أمِلْ إلَيَّ أُذُنَكَ حِينَ أستَنجِدُ بِكَ، وَأسرِعْ إلَى مَعُونَتِي.

3 F or my days consume away like smoke, and my bones burn like a firebrand or like a hearth.

تَصاعَدَتْ كَالدُّخانِ حَياتِي. وَالتُهِمَتْ عِظامِي كَما بِلَهَبٍ مُتَّقِدٍ.

4 M y heart is smitten like grass and withered, so that I forget to eat my food.

كَعُشبٍ يابِسٍ ذَبُلَ قَلْبِي، لأنِّي نَسِيتُ أنْ آكُلَ طَعامِي.

5 B y reason of my loud groaning my flesh cleaves to my bones.

تَفَجَّعْتُ طَوِيلاً، حَتَّى تَدَلَّى جِلدِي مِنْ عِظامِي.

6 I am like a melancholy pelican or vulture of the wilderness; I am like a owl of the waste places.

وَحِيدٌ أنا كَبُومَةِ الصَّحراءِ، كَبُومَةٍ بَينَ الخِرَبِ.

7 I am sleepless and lie awake, like a bereaved sparrow alone on the housetop.

بَقِيتُ مُؤَرَّقاً، أنا كَعُصفُورٍ وَحِيدٍ عَلَى السَّطحِ.

8 M y adversaries taunt and reproach me all the day; and they who are angry with me use my name as a curse.

عَلَى الدَّوامِ يُهِينُنِي أعدائِي، بِي يَهزَأُونَ وَإيّايَ يَلعَنُونَ.

9 F or I have eaten the ashes as if they were bread and have mingled my drink with weeping

لَمْ أتَناوَلْ غَيرَ الحُزنِ طَعاماً، وَلا غَيرَ الدُّمُوعِ شَراباً.

10 B ecause of Your indignation and Your wrath, for You have taken me up and cast me away.

هَذا كُلُّهُ صارَ بِسَبَبِ غَضَبِكَ العَظِيمِ. فَقَدِ التَقَطْتَنِي وَقَذَفْتَ بِي بَعِيداً.

11 M y days are like an evening shadow that stretches out and declines; and I am withered like grass.

ما حَياتِي إلّا ظِلٌّ يَخبُو. وَأنا أذبُلُ كَعُشبٍ يابِسٍ.

12 B ut You, O Lord, are enthroned forever; and the fame of Your name endures to all generations.

أمّا أنتَ يا اللهُ فَسَتَظَلُّ إلَى الأبَدِ مُتَوَّجاً! وَسَيَظَلُّ ذِكرُ اسْمِكَ جِيلاً بَعدَ جِيلٍ!

13 Y ou will arise and have mercy and loving-kindness for Zion, for it is time to have pity and compassion for her; yes, the set time has come.

أظهِرْ لِصِهْيَوْنَ رَحْمَتَكَ. آنَ أوانُ تَعزِيَتِها، وَقتُها حانَ.

14 F or Your servants take pleasure in the stones and show pity for her dust.

يَتُوقُ خُدّامُكَ إلَى رُؤيَةِ حِجارَتِها. وَيُحِبُّونَ غُبارَ شَوارِعِها!

15 S o the nations shall fear and worshipfully revere the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth Your glory.

عِندَئِذٍ سَتَخافُ الشُّعُوبُ الأُخرَى اسْمَ اللهِ. وَيُكرِمُ مُلُوكُهُمْ مَجدَكَ!

16 W hen the Lord builds up Zion, He will appear in His glory;

لأنَّ اللهَ سَيُعِيدُ بِناءَ صِهْيَوْنَ، وَسَيَظهَرُ هُناكَ فِي مَجدِهِ!

17 H e will regard the plea of the destitute and will not despise their prayer.

يَنتَبِهُ اللهُ إلَى صَلَواتِ المُحتاجِينَ، وَلا يَتَجاهَلُها.

18 L et this be recorded for the generation yet unborn, that a people yet to be created shall praise the Lord.

اكتُبُوا هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ لِلأجيالِ القادِمَةِ، لِكَي يُسَبِّحَ ياه أُناسٌ لَمْ يُولَدُوا بَعْدُ.

19 F or He looked down from the height of His sanctuary, from heaven did the Lord behold the earth,

مِنْ عَرشِهِ السّامِي فِي السَّماءِ أطَلَّ اللهُ عَلَى الأرْضِ.

20 T o hear the sighing and groaning of the prisoner, to loose those who are appointed to death,

أطَلَّ لِكَي يَسمَعَ أنّاتِ الأسرَى وَيُحَرِّرَ المَحكُومَ عَلَيهِمْ بِالمَوْتِ،

21 S o that men may declare the name of the Lord in Zion and His praise in Jerusalem

لِكَي يَتَحَدَّثُوا عَنِ اسْمَ اللهِ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ، وَيُقَدِّمُوا تَسابِيحَهُ فِي القُدسِ

22 W hen peoples are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to worship and serve the Lord.

عِندَ اجتماعِ الشُّعُوبِ وَالمَمالِكِ مَعاً لِيَعبُدُوا اللهَ.

23 H e has afflicted and weakened my strength, humbling and bringing me low in the way; He has shortened my days.

تَخُورُ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ قُوَّتِي، وَتُقَصَّرُ حَياتِي!

24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days, You Whose years continue throughout all generations.

فَأقُولُ: «يا إلَهِي، لا تَأخُذْ حَياتِي فِي مُنتَصَفِ عُمْرِي، يا مَنْ تَمتَدُّ سِنينُكَ عَبرَ جَميعِ الأجيالِ.

25 A t the beginning You existed and laid the foundations of the earth; the heavens are the work of Your hands.

مِنْ قَدِيمٍ وَضَعْتَ أساساتِ الأرْضِ فِي البَدْءِ. وَيَداكَ هُما اللَّتانِ صَنَعَتا السَّماواتِ.

26 T hey shall perish, but You shall remain and endure; yes, all of them shall wear out and become old like a garment. Like clothing You shall change them, and they shall be changed and pass away.

هِيَ سَتَفنَى، أمّا أنتَ فَتَبقَى. هِيَ سَتَبلَى كَما يَبلَى الثَّوبُ. كَرِداءٍ سَتَطوِيها، فَتَمضِي بَعِيداً!

27 B ut You remain the same, and Your years shall have no end.

أمّا أنتَ فَلا تَتَغَيَّرُ أبَداً، وَلا نِهايَةَ لِسَنَواتِ حَياتِكَ.

28 T he children of Your servants shall dwell safely and continue, and their descendants shall be established before You.

أبْناءُ خُدّامِكَ سَيَأتُونَ وَيَمضُونَ، وَسَيَأتِي أبْناءُ خُدّامِكَ لِكَي يَخدِمُوكَ!»