1 س َبِّحُوا اللهَ لِأنَّهُ صالِحٌ، لأنَّ رَحمَتَهُ إلَى الأبَدِ.

¶ O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good; for his mercy endures for ever.

2 ل ِيَقُلْ هَذا مَفدِيُّو اللهِ الَّذِينَ حَرَّرَهُمْ مِنَ العَدُوِّ!

Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy

3 ا لَّذِينَ جَمَعَهُمْ مِنْ بِلادٍ كَثِيرَةٍ فِي الشَّرقِ وَالغَربِ، فِي الشَّمالِ وَالجَنُوبِ.

and gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

4 ه امُوا عَبرَ صَحارَى جافَّةٍ بَحثاً عَنْ مَدِينَةِ سَكَنٍ، فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا.

They wandered lost in the wilderness, alone and out of the way; they found no city to dwell in.

5 ن ُفُوسُهُمْ أُنهِكَتْ مِنَ الجُوعِ وَالعَطَشِ.

Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

6 ص َرَخُوا إلَى اللهِ فِي وَقتِ ضِيقِهِمْ، فَأنقَذَهُمْ مِنْ ضِيقاتِهِمْ.

Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

7 أ خَذَهُمْ فِي طَرِيقٍ مُسْتَقِيمَةٍ، وَإلَى مَدِينَةِ سَكَنٍ قادَهُمْ.

And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

8 ف َلْيُسَبِّحُوا اللهَ عَلَى رَحْمَتِهِ، وَعَلَى العَجائِبِ الَّتِي يَصنَعُها لِلبَشَرِ.

Oh that men would praise the LORD for his mercy and for his wonderful works unto the sons of Adam!

9 ف َهُوَ يُروِي النَّفسَ العَطشانَةَ وَيُشبِعُ النَّفسَ الجَوْعانَةَ خَيراتٍ.

For he satisfies the soul that is destitute and fills the hungry soul with goodness.

10 س َكَنَ الشَّعبُ فِي زَنازِنَ حَيثُ الظُّلمَةُ سَوداءُ كَالمَوتِ. وَأُوثِقُوا بِسَلاسِلَ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ.

¶ Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and in irons,

11 ه َذا لأنَّهُمْ تَمَرَّدُوا عَلَى وَصايا اللهِ، وَاحتَقَرُوا نَصائِحَ العَلِيِّ!

because they rebelled against the words of God and condemned the counsel of the most High:

12 أ خضَعَهُمْ لِلعَمَلِ المُجهِدِ وَالمُعاناةِ. تَعَثَّرُوا وَلا مَنْ يُعِينُهُمْ.

Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was no one to help.

13 ص َرَخُوا إلَى اللهِ فِي وَقتِ ضِيقِهِمْ، فَخَلَّصَهُمْ مِنْ ضِيقاتِهِمْ.

Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

14 م ِنْ سُجُونِهِمِ المُظلِمَةِ كَالمَوتِ أخرَجَهُمْ وَقَطَّعَ قُيُودَهُمْ!

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke their bonds asunder.

15 ف َلْيُسَبِّحُوا اللهَ عَلَى رَحْمَتِهِ، وَعَلَى العَجائِبِ الَّتِي يَصنَعُها لِلبَشَرِ.

Oh that men would praise the LORD for his mercy and for his wonderful works unto the sons of Adam!

16 ف َقَدْ حَطَّمَ تِلكَ البَوّاباتِ البُرونْزِيَّةَ، وَحَطَّمَ قُضبانَها الحَدِيدِيَّةَ.

For he has broken the gates of brass and cut the bars of iron asunder.

17 ت َمَرَّدَ عَلَى اللهِ بَعضُ الحَمقَى، فَعانُوا بِسَبَبِ الشُّرُورِ الَّتِي فَعَلُوها.

¶ The fools, because of the way of their rebellion, and because of their iniquities, were afflicted.

18 ع افَتْ نُفُوسُهُمُ الطَّعامَ، وَعَلَى المَوتِ أشرَفُوا.

Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near unto the gates of death.

19 ص َرَخُوا إلَى اللهِ فِي وَقتِ ضِيقِهِمْ، فَخَلَّصَهُمْ مِنْ ضِيقاتِهِمْ.

Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

20 ن َطَقَ بِكَلِمَتِهِ فَشَفاهُمْ، وَخَلَّصَهُمْ مِنَ القَبرِ وَالهَلاكِ.

He sent his word and healed them and delivered them from their graves.

21 ف َليُسَبِّحُوا اللهَ عَلَى رَحْمَتِهِ، وَعَلَى العَجائِبِ الَّتِي يَصنَعُها لِلبَشَرِ.

Oh that men would praise the LORD for his mercy and for his wonderful works unto the sons of Adam!

22 ف َلْيُقَدِّمُوا تَقدِماتِ الشُّكرِ، وَلْيُخبِرُوا بِفَرَحٍ وَتَرِنِيمٍ بِما فَعَلَ اللهُ لَهُمْ.

And let them offer the sacrifices of praise and publish his works with singing.

23 ا نطَلَقَ بَعضُ البَحّارَةِ إلَى البَحرِ فِي سُفُنِهِمْ، لِيَجتَهِدُوا فِي تِجارَةٍ عَبرَ المُحِيطِ.

¶ Those that go down to the sea in ships that do work in many waters,

24 ر َأَوْا أعمالَ اللهِ ، وَالآياتِ الَّتِي صَنَعَها فِي المُحِيطِ.

these have seen the works of the LORD and his wonders in the deep.

25 أ عطَى الأمرَ، فَهَبَّتْ عاصِفَةٌ، وَتَعالَتِ الأمواجُ!

For he commands and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.

26 ك انَتِ السُّفُنُ تُقذَفُ عالِياً فِي السَّماءِ، ثُمَّ تُلقَى إلَى البَحرِ العَمِيقِ! تَلاشَتْ شَجاعَتُهُمْ مِنَ الكارِثَةِ الوَشِيكَةِ.

They mount up to the heavens; they go down again to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble.

27 ك َالسُّكارَى تَعَثَّرُوا وَتَرَنَّحُوا، وَمَهارَتُهُمْ لَمْ تَنفَعْهُمْ!

They reel to and fro and stagger like a drunken man, and all of their knowledge is of no avail.

28 ف ِي وَقتِ ضِيقِهِمْ إلَى اللهِ صَرَخُوا، فَخَلَّصَهُمْ مِنْ ضِيقاتِهِمْ.

Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivers them out of their afflictions.

29 س َكَّنَ العاصِفَةَ، وَهَدَّأ أمواجَ البَحرِ.

He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.

30 ف َابتَهَجُوا بِسُكُونِ المُحِيطِ. وَأرشَدَهُمُ اللهُ إلَى المَلاذِ الَّذِي يَطلُبُونَهُ.

Then they are glad because they are at rest; so he brings them into the haven of his will.

31 ف َلْيُسَبِّحُوا اللهَ عَلَى رَحْمَتِهِ، وَعَلَى العَجائِبِ الَّتِي يَصنَعُها لِلبَشَرِ.

Oh that men would praise the LORD for his mercy and for his wonderful works unto the sons of Adam!

32 و َلْيُعَظِّمُوهُ فِي الاجتِماعِ الكَبِيرِ فِي الهَيكَلِ، وَلْيُسَبِّحُوهُ فِي اجتِماعِ مَجلِسِ شُيُوخِ المَدِينَةِ.

Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

33 ح َوَّلَ الأنهارَ إلَى صَحارَى، وَيَنابِيعَ المِياهِ إلَى أرْضٍ جافَّةٍ.

¶ He turned rivers into a wilderness and the watersprings into dry ground;

34 ا لأرْضَ الخَصِيبَةَ جَعَلَها مالِحَةً بِسَبَبِ الشَّرِّ الَّذِي فَعَلَهُ سُكّانُها!

the fruitful land into salt flats, because of the wickedness of those that dwell therein.

35 ل َكِنَّهُ حَوَّلَ الصَّحراءَ إلَى بِرَكِ مِياهٍ، وَالأرْضَ النّاشِفَةَ إلَى يَنابِيعَ.

He turns the wilderness into reservoirs of water and dry ground into watersprings.

36 أ سكَنَ الجِياعَ هُناكَ فَأسَّسُوا مَدِينَةً فِيها يَسكُنُونَ.

And there he makes the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation

37 ب َذَرَ الجِياعُ الحُقُولَ، وَزَرَعُوا الكُرُومَ، فَأنتَجَتْ ثَمَرَها.

and sow the fields and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.

38 و َاللهُ بارَكَهُمْ، فَتَكاثَرُوا هُمْ وَمَواشِيهُمْ.

He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly and suffers not their cattle to decrease.

39 و َبِسَبَبِ المَصائِبِ وَالضِّيقاتِ، صَغُرَتْ وَضَعُفَتْ عَشائِرُهُمْ.

Again, they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

40 خ َجِلَ النُّبَلاءُ، وَجَعَلَهُمْ يَهِيمُونَ فِي صَحراءَ فارِغَةٍ لا طَرِيقَ فِيها.

He pours contempt upon princes and causes them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.

41 ل َكِنَّهُ رَفَعَ المَساكِينَ مِنْ بُؤْسِهِمْ، وَجَعَلَ عائِلاتِهِمْ تَنمُو كَقُطعانِ الخِرافِ.

Yet he sets the poor on high from affliction and makes his families like a flock.

42 ي َرَى هَذا الصّالِحُونَ فَيَفرَحُونَ، أمّا الأشرارُ فَيَسُدُّونَ أفْواهَهُمْ.

The righteous shall see it and rejoice, and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

43 م َنْ كانَ حَكِيماً فَراعَى هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ سَيَفهَمُ مَحَبَّةَ اللهِ الصّادِقَةَ.

Who is wise and will observe these things and shall understand the mercies of the LORD?