1 O God of my praise! Keep not silence,

يا اللهُ، يا مَنْ إيّاهُ أُسَبِّحُ، أجِبْنِي وَلا تَسكُتْ!

2 F or the mouths of the wicked and the mouth of deceit are opened against me; they have spoken to me and against me with lying tongues.

فَقَدِ افتَرَى عَلَيَّ أشرارٌ مُخادِعُونَ. بِالأكاذِيبِ تَكَلَّمُوا عَلَيَّ.

3 T hey have compassed me about also with words of hatred and have fought against me without a cause.

بِألسِنَتِهِمْ هاجَمُونِي، وَقالُوا عَلَيَّ أشياءَ بَغِيضَةً، وَيُحارِبُونَنِي بِلا سَبَبٍ.

4 I n return for my love they are my adversaries, but I resort to prayer.

كافَأُوا مَحَبَّتِي بِالعَداوَةِ. وَها أنا الآنَ أُصَلِّي إلَيكَ يا اللهُ.

5 A nd they have rewarded and laid upon me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

صَنَعُوا مَعِي شَرّاً مُقابِلَ الخَيرِ، بِالبُغضِ قابَلُوا مَحَبَّتِي.

6 S et a wicked man over him, and let accuser stand at his right hand.

قالُوا: «عَيِّنُوا رَجُلاً شِرِّيراً يُدافِعُ عَنهُ، فَيَكُونُ مُقاوِماً لَهُ يَقِفُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ.

7 W hen is judged, let him be condemned, and let his prayer be turned into a sin.

لِيُوجَدَ مُذنِباً حِينَ يُحاكَمُ، وَلِتُستَخدَمَ صَلاتُهُ ضِدَّهُ!

8 L et his days be few; and let another take his office and charge.

وَهَكَذا تُقطَعُ حَياتُهُ قَبلَ أوانِها، وَيُشغِلُ وَظِيفَتَهُ شَخصٌ آخَرٌ.

9 L et his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.

لِيُصْبِحْ أولادُهُ يَتامَى، وَلْتَتَرَمَّلْ زَوجَتُهُ.

10 L et his children be continual vagabonds and beg; let them seek their bread and be driven far from their ruined homes.

لِيَتَنَقَّلْ أبناؤُهُ مِنْ مَكانٍ إلَى مَكانٍ مُتَسَوِّلِينَ، وَليُطرَدُوا مِنْ مَسكَنِهِمُ الخَرِبِ!

11 L et the creditor and extortioner seize all that he has; and let strangers (barbarians and foreigners) plunder the fruits of his labor.

لِيْتَ مُقرِضِيهِ يَأخُذُونَ كُلَّ ما لَهُ، وَلَيتَ الغُرَباءَ يَنهَبُونَ كُلَّ ما تَعِبَ فِيهِ.

12 L et there be none to extend or continue mercy and kindness to him, neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.

لَيْتَ أحَداً لا يَرحَمُهُ، وَلَيْتَهُ لا يُوجَدُ مَنْ يُشفِقُ عَلَى أبنائِهِ اليَتامَى.

13 L et his posterity be cut off, and in the generation following let their names be blotted out.

لِيُقطَعْ نَسلُهُ، وَيَمحَ ذِكْرُ اسْمِهِ فِي الجِيلِ التّالِي.

14 L et the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

لَيْتَ اللهَ يُذَكَّرُ دائِماً بِخَطيَّةِ آبائِهِ، وَلَيْتَ خَطايا أُمِّهِ لا تُمحَى أبَداً.

15 L et them be before the Lord continually, that He may cut off the memory of them from the earth!—

لَيْتَ هَذِهِ الخَطايا تَكُونُ أمامَ اللهِ دائِماً، وَلَيْتَ كُلَّ ذِكرَى لَها عَلَى الأرْضِ تُنسَى.

16 B ecause the man did not remember to show mercy, but pursued and persecuted the poor and needy man, and the broken in heart to slay.

فَهُوَ لَمْ يُفَكِّرْ يَوماً أنْ يُبدِيَ لُطفاً، بَلِ اضطَهَدَ المَساكِينَ الفُقَراءَ وَطارَدَ المُنسَحِقِينَ حَتَّى المَوتِ.

17 Y es, he loved cursing, and it came upon him; he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.

أحَبَّ أنْ يَلعَنَ الآخَرِينَ، فَلْتُصِبهُ هُوَ هَذِهِ اللَّعَناتُ. لَمْ يُحِبَّ أنْ يَتَبارَكَ النّاسُ، فَلَيْتَهُ لا يَرَى البَرَكاتِ.

18 H e clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, and it seeped into his inward like water, and like oil into his bones.

لَبِسَ اللَّعَناتِ كَثِيابٍ، فَلْتَكُنْ هَذِهِ اللَّعَناتُ الماءَ الَّذِي يَشرَبُهُ، وَالطَّعامَ الَّذِي يُسَمِّنُ بِهِ عِظامَهُ!

19 L et it be to him as the raiment with which he covers himself and as the girdle with which he is girded continually.

لَيْتَها تَكُونُ عَلَى الدَّوامِ ثِياباً لَهُ، وَحِزاماً يَشُدُّهُ حَولَ خَصْرِهِ.»

20 L et this be the reward of my adversaries from the Lord, and of those who speak evil against my life.

لَيتَ اللهَ يَفعَلُ كُلَّ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ بِمَنْ يَتَّهِمُونَنِي، لِمَنْ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِالشَّرِّ عَلَيَّ.

21 B ut You deal with me and act for me, O God the Lord, for Your name’s sake; because Your mercy and loving-kindness are good, O deliver me.

أمّا أنتَ أيُّها الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ ، فَافعَلْ بِي ما يُمَجِّدُ اسْمَكَ. أنقِذنِي حَسَبَ صَلاحِ مَحَبَّتِكَ الصّادِقَةِ وَرَحمَتِكَ.

22 F or I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded and stricken within me.

فَأنا مِسكِينٌ فَقِيرٌ! قُوَّتِي وَشَجاعَتِي مَيِّتَتانِ.

23 I am gone like the shadow when it lengthens and declines; I toss up and down and am shaken off as the locust.

وَصَلَتْ حَياتِي إلَى نِهايَتِها، كَظِلِّ زائِلٍ، كَحَشَرَةٍ مَطرُودَةٍ!

24 M y knees are weak and totter from fasting; and my body is gaunt and has no fatness.

رُكبَتايَ تَضعُفانِ مِنَ الجُوعِ. جِسمِي يَنقُصُ وَزنُهُ وَيَهزَلُ.

25 I have become also a reproach and a taunt to others; when they see me, they shake their heads.

يَحتَقِرُونَنِي، يَنظُرُونَ إلَيَّ وَيَهُزُّونَ رُؤُوسَهُمْ.

26 H elp me, O Lord my God; O save me according to Your mercy and loving-kindness!—

أعِنِّي يا اللهُ. أنقِذْنِي، يا اللهُ ، حَسَبَ مَحَبَّتِكَ.

27 T hat they may know that this is Your hand, that You, Lord, have done it.

فَعِندَئِذٍ يَعلَمُونَ أنَّ قُوَّتَكَ، يا اللهُ ، هِيَ الَّتِي خَلَّصَتنِي.

28 L et them curse, but do You bless. When adversaries arise, let them be put to shame, but let Your servant rejoice.

عِندَما يُطلِقُونَ لَعنَةً، حَوِّلْها إلَى بَرَكَةٍ! وَعِندَما يُهاجِمُونَنِي أخْزِهِمْ. وَلَيتَ عَبدَكَ يَفرَحُ.

29 L et my adversaries be clothed with shame and dishonor, and let them cover themselves with their own disgrace and confusion as with a robe.

لَيتَ المُشْتَكِينَ عَلَيَّ يَلبِسُونَ خِزيَهُمْ كَثَوبٍ وَذُلَّهُمْ كَمِعطَفٍ.

30 I will give great praise and thanks to the Lord with my mouth; yes, and I will praise Him among the multitude.

بِفَمِي أشكُرُ اللهَ كَثِيراً، وَفِي الاجتِماعِ العَظِيمِ أُسَبِّحُهُ.

31 F or He will stand at the right hand of the poor and needy, to save him from those who condemn his life.

فَهُوَ يَأخُذُ بِيَمِينِ المَساكِينِ، لِيُنصِفَهُمْ مِنَ الَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ لَهُمْ حُكْمَ المَوتِ.