1 ب ارِكِي اللهَ يا نَفسِي، وَيا كُلَّ كَيانِي، بارِكِ اسْمَهُ القُدُّوسَ!

¶ Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless the name of his holiness.

2 ب ارِكِي اللهَ يا نَفسِي، وَلا تَغِبْ عَنْ ذاكِرَتِكِ أعمالُ لُطفِهِ وَإحْسانِهِ أبَداً!

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

3 ف َهُوَ مَنْ يَغفِرُ خَطاياكِ. وَهُوَ مَنْ يَشفِي كُلَّ أمراضِكِ.

Who forgives all thine iniquities; who heals all thy diseases;

4 ه ُوَ الَّذِي يَفدِي حَياتَكِ مِنَ الحُفرَةِ. هُوَ مَنْ يُغَلِّفُكِ بِالمَحَبَّةِ الحَقِيقِيَّةِ وَالرَّأفَةِ.

who redeems thy life from destruction; who crowns thee with mercy and compassion;

5 ه ُوَ مَنْ يُشْبِعُكَ وَيَملأُكَ بِالعَطايا الصّالِحَةِ، وَيُجدَدِّدُ شَبابَكِ كَنَسرٍ فَتِيٍّ.

who satisfies thy mouth with good things so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

6 ي َعْمَلُ اللهُ بِالعَدلِ وَيُنْصِفُ كُلَّ المَسْحُوقِينَ.

¶ The LORD executes righteousness and justice unto all that suffer violence.

7 ع َلَّمَ مُوسَى طُرُقَهُ، وَأرَى بَنِي إسرائِيلَ أعمالَهُ القَوِيَّةَ.

He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the sons of Israel.

8 ا للهُ حَنُونٌ وَرَحِيمٌ حَلِيمٌ وَمَلِيءٌ بالمَحَبَّةِ.

The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

9 ل ِذَلِكَ لا يُخاصِمُنا إلَى الأبَدِ، وَلا يُبقِي إلَى الأبَدِ غَضَبَهُ.

He will not always chide, neither will he keep his anger for ever.

10 ل ا يُعاقِبُنا عَلَى قَدْرِ خَطايانا، وَلا يَقتَصُّ مِنّا حَسَبَ ذُنُوبِنا.

He has not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

11 ك َما تَرتَفِعُ السَّماواتُ عَلَى الأرْضِ، هَكَذا تَفِيضُ رَحْمَتُهُ، وَتَكْثُرُ لأَتْباعِهِ.

For as the heavens are high above the earth so does he increase his mercy over those that fear him.

12 ي ُبعِدُ عَنّا خَطايانا، بُعْدَ الشَّرقِ عَنِ الغَربِ!

As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our rebellions from us.

13 ي َحنُو اللهُ عَلَى خائِفِيهِ، كَما يَحنُو أبٌ عَلَى أبنائِهِ.

Like as a father has mercy upon his children, so the LORD has mercy upon those that fear him.

14 إ نَّهُ يَعْرِفُ تَكْوِينَنا، يَعلَمُ أنَّنا مِنَ التُّرابِ شُكِّلْنا.

For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.

15 ي َعلَمُ أنَّ حَياةَ النّاسِ قَصِيرَةٌ كَالعُشْبِ، كَزَهرَةٍ بَرِّيَّةٍ تَطلُعُ فَجأةً،

As for man, his days are as grass; as an open flower of the field, so he blossoms.

16 و َفَجأةً تَختَفِي حِينَ تَهُبُّ الرِّياحُ الجافَّةُ، فَلا يَستَطِيعُ أحَدٌ أنْ يَعْرِفَ أينَ كانَتْ تَنمُو.

For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place shall know it no more.

17 أ مّا مَحَبَّةُ اللهِ الحَقِيقِيَّةُ لأتباعِهِ، وَأعمالُهُ الصّالِحَةُ لأولادِهِمْ، فَعَلَى الدَّوامِ كانَتْ، وَكَذَلِكَ سَتَظَلُّ.

But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon those that fear him, and his righteousness unto the children’s children,

18 ا للهُ سَيُظهِرُ مَحَبَّتَهُ وَأعمالَهُ الصّالِحَةَ لِلَّذِينَ يَحفَظُونَ عَهدَهُ، وَيُطِيعُونَ وَصاياهُ.

to such as keep his covenant and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

19 ن َصَبَ اللهُ فِي السَّماءِ عَرشَهُ، وَعَلَى الجَمِيعِ يَمتَدُّ حُكمُهُ.

¶ The LORD has prepared his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.

20 ي ا مَلائِكَةَ اللهِ ، بارِكُوهُ! بارِكُوهُ أيُّها المُحارِبُونَ الأقوِياءُ الَّذِينَ يُطِيعُونَ أوامِرَهُ، السّامِعُونَ كَلامَهُ.

Bless the LORD, ye his angels, valiant and strong, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

21 ب ارِكُوا اللهَ يا كُلَّ جُيُوشِ السَّماءِ وَخُدّامَهُ المُنَفِّذِينَ مَشِيئَتَهُ!

Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts, ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.

22 ي ا كُلَّ خَلقِ اللهِ ، بارِكُوهُ فِي كُلِّ مَكانٍ فِي مُلكِهِ! بارِكِي اللهَ يا نَفسِي!

Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.