1 ي ا اللهُ، يا مَنْ إيّاهُ أُسَبِّحُ، أجِبْنِي وَلا تَسكُتْ!

O God of my praise, be not silent:

2 ف َقَدِ افتَرَى عَلَيَّ أشرارٌ مُخادِعُونَ. بِالأكاذِيبِ تَكَلَّمُوا عَلَيَّ.

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue,

3 ب ِألسِنَتِهِمْ هاجَمُونِي، وَقالُوا عَلَيَّ أشياءَ بَغِيضَةً، وَيُحارِبُونَنِي بِلا سَبَبٍ.

And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause.

4 ك افَأُوا مَحَبَّتِي بِالعَداوَةِ. وَها أنا الآنَ أُصَلِّي إلَيكَ يا اللهُ.

For my love they are mine adversaries; but I prayer.

5 ص َنَعُوا مَعِي شَرّاً مُقابِلَ الخَيرِ، بِالبُغضِ قابَلُوا مَحَبَّتِي.

And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

6 ق الُوا: «عَيِّنُوا رَجُلاً شِرِّيراً يُدافِعُ عَنهُ، فَيَكُونُ مُقاوِماً لَهُ يَقِفُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ.

Set a wicked over him, and let adversary stand at his right hand;

7 ل ِيُوجَدَ مُذنِباً حِينَ يُحاكَمُ، وَلِتُستَخدَمَ صَلاتُهُ ضِدَّهُ!

When he shall be judged, let him go out guilty, and let his prayer become sin;

8 و َهَكَذا تُقطَعُ حَياتُهُ قَبلَ أوانِها، وَيُشغِلُ وَظِيفَتَهُ شَخصٌ آخَرٌ.

Let his days be few, let another take his office;

9 ل ِيُصْبِحْ أولادُهُ يَتامَى، وَلْتَتَرَمَّلْ زَوجَتُهُ.

Let his sons be fatherless, and his wife a widow;

10 ل ِيَتَنَقَّلْ أبناؤُهُ مِنْ مَكانٍ إلَى مَكانٍ مُتَسَوِّلِينَ، وَليُطرَدُوا مِنْ مَسكَنِهِمُ الخَرِبِ!

Let his sons be vagabonds and beg, and let them seek far from their desolate places;

11 ل ِيْتَ مُقرِضِيهِ يَأخُذُونَ كُلَّ ما لَهُ، وَلَيتَ الغُرَباءَ يَنهَبُونَ كُلَّ ما تَعِبَ فِيهِ.

Let the usurer cast the net over all that he hath, and let strangers despoil his labour;

12 ل َيْتَ أحَداً لا يَرحَمُهُ، وَلَيْتَهُ لا يُوجَدُ مَنْ يُشفِقُ عَلَى أبنائِهِ اليَتامَى.

Let there be none to extend kindness unto him, neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children;

13 ل ِيُقطَعْ نَسلُهُ، وَيَمحَ ذِكْرُ اسْمِهِ فِي الجِيلِ التّالِي.

Let his posterity be cut off; in the generation following let their name be blotted out:

14 ل َيْتَ اللهَ يُذَكَّرُ دائِماً بِخَطيَّةِ آبائِهِ، وَلَيْتَ خَطايا أُمِّهِ لا تُمحَى أبَداً.

Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out;

15 ل َيْتَ هَذِهِ الخَطايا تَكُونُ أمامَ اللهِ دائِماً، وَلَيْتَ كُلَّ ذِكرَى لَها عَلَى الأرْضِ تُنسَى.

Let them be before Jehovah continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth:

16 ف َهُوَ لَمْ يُفَكِّرْ يَوماً أنْ يُبدِيَ لُطفاً، بَلِ اضطَهَدَ المَساكِينَ الفُقَراءَ وَطارَدَ المُنسَحِقِينَ حَتَّى المَوتِ.

Because he remembered not to shew kindness, but persecuted the afflicted and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay him.

17 أ حَبَّ أنْ يَلعَنَ الآخَرِينَ، فَلْتُصِبهُ هُوَ هَذِهِ اللَّعَناتُ. لَمْ يُحِبَّ أنْ يَتَبارَكَ النّاسُ، فَلَيْتَهُ لا يَرَى البَرَكاتِ.

And he loved cursing; so let it come unto him. And he delighted not in blessing; and let it be far from him.

18 ل َبِسَ اللَّعَناتِ كَثِيابٍ، فَلْتَكُنْ هَذِهِ اللَّعَناتُ الماءَ الَّذِي يَشرَبُهُ، وَالطَّعامَ الَّذِي يُسَمِّنُ بِهِ عِظامَهُ!

And he clothed himself with cursing like his vestment; so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones;

19 ل َيْتَها تَكُونُ عَلَى الدَّوامِ ثِياباً لَهُ، وَحِزاماً يَشُدُّهُ حَولَ خَصْرِهِ.»

Let it be unto him as a garment with which he covereth himself, and for a girdle wherewith he is constantly girded.

20 ل َيتَ اللهَ يَفعَلُ كُلَّ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ بِمَنْ يَتَّهِمُونَنِي، لِمَنْ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِالشَّرِّ عَلَيَّ.

Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

21 أ مّا أنتَ أيُّها الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ ، فَافعَلْ بِي ما يُمَجِّدُ اسْمَكَ. أنقِذنِي حَسَبَ صَلاحِ مَحَبَّتِكَ الصّادِقَةِ وَرَحمَتِكَ.

But do thou for me, Jehovah, Lord, for thy name's sake; because thy loving-kindness is good, deliver me:

22 ف َأنا مِسكِينٌ فَقِيرٌ! قُوَّتِي وَشَجاعَتِي مَيِّتَتانِ.

For I am afflicted and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

23 و َصَلَتْ حَياتِي إلَى نِهايَتِها، كَظِلِّ زائِلٍ، كَحَشَرَةٍ مَطرُودَةٍ!

I am gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like the locust;

24 ر ُكبَتايَ تَضعُفانِ مِنَ الجُوعِ. جِسمِي يَنقُصُ وَزنُهُ وَيَهزَلُ.

My knees are failing through fasting, and my flesh hath lost its fatness;

25 ي َحتَقِرُونَنِي، يَنظُرُونَ إلَيَّ وَيَهُزُّونَ رُؤُوسَهُمْ.

And I am become a reproach unto them; they look upon me they shake their heads.

26 أ عِنِّي يا اللهُ. أنقِذْنِي، يا اللهُ ، حَسَبَ مَحَبَّتِكَ.

Help me, Jehovah my God; save me according to thy loving-kindness:

27 ف َعِندَئِذٍ يَعلَمُونَ أنَّ قُوَّتَكَ، يا اللهُ ، هِيَ الَّتِي خَلَّصَتنِي.

That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, Jehovah, hast done it.

28 ع ِندَما يُطلِقُونَ لَعنَةً، حَوِّلْها إلَى بَرَكَةٍ! وَعِندَما يُهاجِمُونَنِي أخْزِهِمْ. وَلَيتَ عَبدَكَ يَفرَحُ.

Let them curse, but bless thou; when they rise up, let them be ashamed, and let thy servant rejoice.

29 ل َيتَ المُشْتَكِينَ عَلَيَّ يَلبِسُونَ خِزيَهُمْ كَثَوبٍ وَذُلَّهُمْ كَمِعطَفٍ.

Let mine adversaries be clothed with confusion, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle.

30 ب ِفَمِي أشكُرُ اللهَ كَثِيراً، وَفِي الاجتِماعِ العَظِيمِ أُسَبِّحُهُ.

I will greatly celebrate Jehovah with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

31 ف َهُوَ يَأخُذُ بِيَمِينِ المَساكِينِ، لِيُنصِفَهُمْ مِنَ الَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ لَهُمْ حُكْمَ المَوتِ.

For he standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge his soul.