1 ل ِماذا، يا اللهُ ، تَبقَى بَعِيداً هَكَذا، صامِتاً فِي زَمانِ الضِّيقِ؟

¶ Why dost thou stand afar off, O LORD? Why dost thou hide thyself in times of trouble?

2 ي ُخَطِّطُ الأشْرارُ المُتَكَبِّرُونَ للشَّرِّ. وَيَسقُطُ المَساكِينُ فِي فَخِّ مَكائِدِ الأشرارِ.

The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

3 ح َقّاً يَفتَخِرُ الأشْرارُ بِرَغَباتِهِمِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ لِلَّذّاتِ. وَالجَشِعُونَ يَلْعَنُونَ وَيَحتَقِرُونَ اللهَ.

For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD abhors.

4 ع ِندَما يَغْضَبُ الأشْرارُ، فَإنَّهُمْ لا يَطلُبُونَ فِي تَكَبُّرِهِمْ مَشُورَةَ اللهِ. لا مَكانَ للهِ فِي خُطَطِهِمْ.

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, does not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

5 ي َفعَلُ الأشْرارُ دَوْماً أُمُوراً مُلتَوِيَةً. وَهُمْ لا يَرَوْنَ أحكامُكَ وَتَعلِيمَكَ. لَكِنَّكَ تَسْخَرُ بِهِمْ.

His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his enemies, he puffs at them.

6 ي َقُولُونَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ إنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَفشَلُوا، وَلَنْ يَحدُثَ لَهُمْ سُوءٌ أبَداً.

He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, for I shall never be in adversity.

7 أ فواهُهُمْ مَملوءَةٌ بِاللَّعَناتِ وَالمَكرِ وَالتَّهدِيدِ، وَتَحتَ ألسِنَتِهِمْ شَقاءٌ وَشَرٌّ.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

8 ي َكمُنُونَ فِي الأزِقَّةِ لِيَغتالُوا الأبرِياءَ. يَقبَعُونَ فِي السِّرِّ مُتَرَقِّبِينَ مُرُورَ المَسْكِينِ.

He sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places he murders the innocent: his eyes are secretly set against the poor.

9 ي َكمُنُونَ كَأسَدٍ فِي عَرِينِهِ. يَختَبِئُونَ لِيُمسِكُوا بِالمَساكِينِ. لِيُمسِكُوهُمْ وَيَجُرُّوهُمْ فِي شَبَكَتِهِمْ.

He lies in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to catch the poor: he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

10 ي َنطَرِحُ المَساكِينُ أيضاً مِنْ بَطشِ الأشرارِ.

He crouches and hides himself, and many are those who fall under his power.

11 ي َقُولُ المَساكِين فِي أنفُسِهِمْ: «اللهُ نَسِيَنا. يَتَجاهَلُنا وَلا يَرَى ما يَحدُثُ لَنا.»

He has said in his heart, God has forgotten; he hides his face; he will never see it.

12 ق ُمْ يا اللهُ. ارفَعْ يَدَكَ لِتُعاقِبَهُمْ. لا تَنْسَ المَساكِينَ.

¶ Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand; forget not the humble.

13 ل ِماذا يُهِينُ الشِّريرُ اللهَ وَيَقُولُ لِنَفْسِهِ: «لَنْ يُحاسِبَنِي اللهُ عَلَى ما فَعَلْتُ»؟

In what does the wicked irritate God? He has said in his heart, Thou wilt not require accountability.

14 ل َكِنَّكَ تَرَى يا اللهُ ما يَحدُثُ. تَرَى كُلَّ الضِّيقِ وَالألَمِ! وَتَمُدُّ يَدَكَ لِتُساعِدَ البُؤَساءَ. أنتَ مُعِينُ مَنْ لا مُعِينَ لَهُ!

Thou hast seen it, for thou dost behold mischief and spite to requite it with thy hand: the poor commits himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

15 ا كسِرْ يا اللهُ ذِراعَ الشِّرِّيرِ! حَطِّمْ ما فَعَلَهُ مِنْ شَرٍّ فَلا يَبقَى لَهُ أثَرٌ!

Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man; seek out his wickedness until thou find none.

16 ا للهُ مَلِكٌ إلَى أبَدِ الآبِدِينَ! وَسَتُقطَعُ الأُمَمُ الشِّرِّيرَةُ مِنْ أرْضِهِ!

The LORD is King for ever and ever; the Gentiles are perished out of his land.

17 ا سْمَعْ يا اللهُ مَطلَبَ المَساكِينِ المُتَّضِعِينَ. شَجِّعْهُمْ! اسْتَمِعْ إلَى صَلَواتِهِمْ.

LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart; thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

18 أ نصِفِ الأيتامَ وَالمُضطَهَدِينَ، فَلا يَعُودُ الإنْسانُ، الّذِي هُوَ مِنَ الأرْضِ، يُرْعِبُهُمْ.

to judge the fatherless and the oppressed that the man of the earth may no longer oppress.