1 L ord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations.

يا رَبُّ كُنتَ لَنا عَلَى الدَّوامِ مَلجأً جِيلاً بَعدَ جِيلٍ.

2 B efore the mountains were brought forth, and thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from eternity to eternity thou art God.

مِنْ قَبلِ وِلادَةِ الجِبالِ، مِنْ قَبلِ أنْ تُخلَقَ الأرْضُ وَالعالَمُ. مُنذُ الأزَلِ وَإلَى الأبَدِ، أنتَ اللهُ!

3 T hou makest man to return to dust, and sayest, Return, children of men.

أنتَ تُعِيدُ الإنسانَ إلَى التُّرابِ، وَلِلبَشَرِ تَقُولُ: «عُودُوا.»

4 F or a thousand years, in thy sight, are as yesterday when it is past, and a watch in the night.

إنَّ ألفَ سَنَةٍ لَدَيكَ هِيَ كَمُرُورِ يَومٍ واحِدٍ، كَجُزءٍ مِنَ اللَّيلِ حِينَ يَغلِبُ النُّعاسُ.

5 T hou carriest them away as with a flood; they are a sleep: in the morning they are like grass groweth up:

تَزُولُ كَأنَّها حُلْمٌ، كَعُشْبٍ يَتَجَدَّدُ عِندَ الصَّباحِ.

6 I n the morning it flourisheth and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down and withereth.

فِي الصَّباحِ يَنمُو وَيَتَجَدَّدُ، وَقَبلَ المَساءِ يَيبَسُ وَيَذوِي.

7 F or we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy fury are we troubled.

هَكَذا نَهلِكُ حِينَ تَغْضَبُ، وَحِينَ تَسْخَطُ نَرْتَعِبُ.

8 T hou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret in the light of thy countenance.

بِوُضُوحٍ تَرَى كُلَّ آثامِنا. وَخَطايانا الخَفِيَّةُ لا تَخفَى عَلَيكَ.

9 F or all our days pass away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a thought.

كُلُّ سَنَواتِنا تَمُرُّ تَحتَ غَضَبِكَ، تَمُرُّ سَنَواتُنا كَفِكْرَةٍ.

10 T he days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if, by reason of strength, they be fourscore years, yet their pride is labour and vanity, for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

نَعِيشُ لِسَبعِينَ سَنَةٍ كَتَنهِيدَةٍ! وَإنْ كُنّا أقوِياءَ، فَرُبَّما ثَمانِينَ. وَأغلَبُ تِلكَ السَّنَواتِ مَلِيئَةٌ بِالتَّعَبِ وَالألَمِ. فَجأةً تَنتَهِي سَنَواتُنا، وَنَحنُ نَطِيرُ!

11 W ho knoweth the power of thine anger? and thy wrath according to the fear of thee?

مَنْ يَعرِفُ قُوَّةَ غَضَبِكَ؟ أمْ هَلْ سَنَستَطِيعُ بِتَقوانا أنْ نَتَّقِيَ غَضَبَكَ؟

12 S o teach to number our days, that we may acquire a wise heart.

عَلِّمْنا أنْ نُحْصِيَ أيّامَنا القَلِيلَةَ، لِكَي نَحصُلَ عَلَى قُلُوبٍ حَكِيمَةٍ.

13 R eturn, Jehovah: how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

فَمَتَى سَتَعُودُ يا اللهُ ، وَتُعَزِّي عَبِيدَكَ؟

14 S atisfy us early with thy loving-kindness; that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

أَشْبِعْنا كُلَّ صَباحٍ بِمَحَبَّتِكَ، وَسَنَبتَهِجُ وَنَفرَحُ كُلَّ أيّامِ حَياتِنا.

15 M ake us glad according to the days thou hast afflicted us, according to the years we have seen evil.

أَعْطِنا سَنَواتٍ مِنَ السَّعادَةِ بِعَدَدِ ما أعطَيتَنا مِنْ سَنَواتِ الألَمِ وَالضِّيقِ!

16 L et thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy majesty unto their sons.

دَعْ خُدّامَكَ وَنَسلَهُمْ يَرَوا أعمالَكَ المُهِيبَةَ.

17 A nd let the beauty of Jehovah our God be upon us; and establish thou the work of our hands upon us: yea, the work of our hands, establish thou it.

فَلْنَعرِفْ نِعمَةَ الرَّبِّ الإلَهِ. وَلْيُدعَمْ وَيُثَبَّتْ ما نَعمَلُ. وَلَيْتَ ما نَفعَلُهُ يُثمِرُ.