1 C ontend, O Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!

قاوِمْ مُقاوِمِيَّ يا اللهُ ، وَمَنْ يُقاتِلوْنَنِي قاتِلْهُمْ.

2 T ake hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help!

أمسِكْ تُرْسَكَ وَانْهَضْ وَتَعالَ إلَى عَونِي!

3 D raw out also the spear and javelin and close up the way of those who pursue and persecute me. Say to me, I am your deliverance!

ارْفَعْ رُمْحاً وَعَصاً عَلَى مَنْ يُطارِدُنِي. قُلْ لِي: «أنا أُنْقِذُكَ وَأنصُرُكَ.»

4 L et them be put to shame and dishonor who seek and require my life; let them be turned back and confounded who plan my hurt!

لَيتَ السّاعِينَ إلَى مَوْتِي يُهزَمُونَ وَيُخزَوْنَ. لَيتَ المُتَآمِرِينَ عَلَيَّ يَتَراجَعُونَ وَيَرْتَبِكُونَ.

5 L et them be as chaff before the wind, with the Angel of the Lord driving them on!

لَيتَ مَلاكَ اللهِ يَطرُدُهُمْ أمامَهُ، كَما تُطَيِّرُ الرِّيحُ القَشَّ!

6 L et their way be through dark and slippery places, with the Angel of the Lord pursuing and afflicting them.

لَيتَ طَرِيقَ هُرُوبِهِمْ تَكُونُ مُظلِمَةً زَلِقَةً، أمامَ مَلاكِ اللهِ ، مُطارِدِهِمْ.

7 F or without cause they hid for me their net; a pit of destruction without cause they dug for my life.

لِأنَّهُمْ نَصَبُوا لِي فَخّاً بِلا سَبَبٍ. أرادُوا أذِيَّتِي مِنْ دُونِ سَبَبٍ.

8 L et destruction befall unawares; let the net he hid for me catch him; let him fall into that very destruction.

لِتَأْتِهِمْ مُصِيبَةٌ مِنْ حَيثُ لا يَدْرُونَ! وَلْيَقَعُوا فِي الفَخِّ الَّذِي نَصَبَوْهُ لِي!

9 T hen I shall be joyful in the Lord; I shall rejoice in His deliverance.

فَتَبتَهِجَ نَفسِي بِاللهِ وَأفرَحَ بِخَلاصِهِ!

10 A ll my bones shall say, Lord, who is like You, You Who deliver the poor and the afflicted from him who is too strong for him, yes, the poor and the needy from him who snatches away his goods?

وَأقُولَ لَكَ بِكُلِّ كَيانِي: «لا مِثلَ لَكَ يا اللهُ يا مَنْ تُخَلِّصُ المِسْكِينَ مِمَّنْ هُوَ أقوَى مِنْهُ، وَالفُقَراءَ مِمَّنْ يَسرِقُونَهُمْ.»

11 M alicious and unrighteous witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I know not.

شُهُودٌ قُساةٌ يَقُومُونَ ضِدِّي، وَيَتَّهِمُونَنِي بِجَرائِمَ لا أعمَلُها!

12 T hey reward me evil for good to my personal bereavement.

يُجازُونَنِي عَنْ خَيرِي شَرّاً، يُحزِنُونَ نَفسِي حَتَّى المَوْتِ.

13 B ut as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting, and I prayed with head bowed on my breast.

وَأنا الَّذِي لَبِستُ خَيشاً فِي مَرَضِهِمْ، وَأنهَكْتُ جِسمِي بِالصَّومِ، فَعادَتْ صَلَواتِي إليَّ!

14 I behaved as if grieving for my friend or my brother; I bowed down in sorrow, as one who bewails his mother.

فَبَكَيتُ كَمنْ فَقَدَ صَدِيقاً أوْ أخاً. انحَنَيتُ حُزناً كَمَنْ يَنُوحُ عَلَى أُمِّهِ!

15 B ut in my stumbling and limping they rejoiced and gathered together; the smiters (slanderers and revilers) gathered against me, and I knew them not; they ceased not to slander and revile me.

وَعِندَما تَعَثَّرْتُ، هَزِئُوا بِي. لَمْ أكُنْ أعرِفُهُمْ حَقَّ المَعرِفَةِ. أحاطُوا بِي. هاجَمُونِي، لَمْ يَتَوَقَّفُوا.

16 L ike profane mockers at feasts they gnashed at me with their teeth.

سَخِرُوا بِي، تَهَكَّمُوا عَلَيَّ. وَبِشَتائِمَ فَظِيعَةٍ صَرَخُوا عَلَيَّ.

17 L ord, how long will You look on ? Rescue my life from their destructions, my dear and only life from the lions!

حَتَّى مَتَى يا اللهُ تُراقِبُ؟ مِنَ الدَّمارِ أنقِذْنِي. خَلِّصْ حَياتِي الثَّمِينَةَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأُسُودِ!

18 I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among a mighty throng.

وَسَأُسَبِّحُكَ فِي الاجْتِماعِ العَظِيمِ! سَأحمَدُكَ بَينَ الجُمْهُورِ الكَبِيرِ!

19 L et not those who are wrongfully my foes rejoice over me; neither let them wink with the eye who hate me without cause.

لا تَسمَحْ لأعدائِي بِأنْ يَهزَأُوا بِي ظُلْماً! وَلا تَسمَحْ لِمَنْ يُبغِضُونِي بِلا سَبَبٍ بِأنْ يَتَغامَزُوا عَلَيَّ.

20 F or they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful matters against those who are quiet in the land.

لا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ عَنِ السَّلامِ، وَهُمْ يَتَآمَرُونَ وَيَبتَكِرُونَ شُرُوراً ضِدَّ شَعبِ هَذِهِ الأرْضِ.

21 Y es, they open their mouths wide against me; they say, Aha! Aha! Our eyes have seen it!

يَكذِبُونَ حِينَ يَقُولُونَ عَنِّي: «نَعَمْ، رَأينا بِأعْيُنِنا ما فَعَلَ.»

22 Y ou have seen this, O Lord; keep not silence! O Lord, be not far from me!

فَتَكَلَّمْ يا اللهُ! لِأنَّكَ رَأيتَ ما حَدَثَ! لا تَبعُدْ عَنِّي هَكَذا يا رَبِّي.

23 A rouse Yourself, awake to the justice due me, even to my cause, my God and my Lord!

يا إلَهِي وَرَبِّي اسْتَيقِظْ! قُمْ وَأبرِئْنِي. دافِعْ أنتَ عَنِّي.

24 J udge and vindicate me, O Lord my God, according to Your righteousness (Your rightness and justice); and let not rejoice over me!

أنصِفنِي يا إلَهِي بِحَسَبِ بِرِّكَ. وَلا تَسمَحْ بِأنْ يَهزَأُوا بِي!

25 L et them not say in their hearts, Aha, that is what we wanted! Let them not say, We have swallowed him up and utterly destroyed him.

لا تَسْمَحْ بِأنْ يَقُولُوا: «نِلنا مُرادَ قُلُوبِنا!» لا تَسْمَحْ بِأنْ يَقُولُوا: «ابْتَلَعناهُ!»

26 L et them be put to shame and confusion together who rejoice at my calamity! Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify and exalt themselves over me!

لِيَخزَ وَيُذَلُّ أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ هَلاكِي. لَيتَ الخِزيَ وَالعارَ يُغَطِّيانِ أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ يَتَعَظَّمُونَ عَلَيَّ!

27 L et those who favor my righteous cause and have pleasure in my uprightness shout for joy and be glad and say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, Who takes pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.

لِيَبتَهِجْ وَيَفْرَحِ الَّذِينَ يُحِبُّونَ أنْ تَظْهَرَ بَراءَتِي! لَيتَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ دائِماً: «عَظِيمٌ هُوَ اللهُ ، الَّذِي يَفرَحُ بِنَجاحِ عَبِيدِهِ وَخَيْرِهِمْ!»

28 A nd my tongue shall talk of Your righteousness, rightness, and justice, and of Your praise all the day long.

فَلْيُحَدِّثْ لِسانِي بِعَدلِكَ، وَيَحمَدْكَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.