1 M any a time and much have they afflicted me from my youth up—let Israel now say—

لِيَقُلْ إسرائِيلُ: كانَ لِي أعداءٌ كَثِيرُونَ مُنذُ شَبابِي.

2 M any a time and much have they afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

كانَ لِي أعداءٌ كَثِيرُونَ مُنذُ شَبابِي، وَواحِدٌ مِنهُمْ لَمْ يَنتَصِرْ!

3 T he plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.

بِقَسوَةٍ ضَرَبُونِي، تَرَكُوا عَلَى ظَهرِي جِراحاً طَوِيلَةً، كَالأتلامِ فِي حَقلٍ مَحرُوثٍ.

4 T he Lord is righteous; He has cut asunder the thick cords by which the wicked.

غَيرَ أنَّ اللهَ البارَّ حَرَّرَنِي مِنْ قُيُودِ الأشرارِ.

5 L et them all be put to shame and turned backward who hate Zion.

لِيُذَلَّ كُلُّ أعداءِ صِهْيَوْنَ، وَيُرَدُّوا مَهزُومِينَ مَخْزِيِّينَ.

6 L et them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up,

لَيتَهُمْ يَكُونُونَ كَعُشبٍ عَلَى السُّطُوحِ يَذوِي قَبلَ أنْ يَكتَمِلَ نُمُوُّهُ.

7 W ith which the mower fills not his hand, nor the binder of sheaves his bosom—

لا يَملأُ الحاصِدُونَ مِنهُ أيدِيَهُمْ، وَلا يَجِدُونَ ما يَكفِي لِحُزمَةٍ واحِدَةٍ!

8 W hile those who go by do not say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you! We bless you in the name of the Lord!

وَلا يَقُولُ مَنْ يَمُرُّ بِهَؤُلاءِ الأشرارِ: «لِتَكُنْ لَكُمْ بَرَكاتُ اللهِ!» أوْ «نُبارِكُكُمْ بِاسْمِ اللهِ!»