1 ل ِيَقُلْ إسرائِيلُ: كانَ لِي أعداءٌ كَثِيرُونَ مُنذُ شَبابِي.

“ Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up,” Let Israel now say,

2 ك انَ لِي أعداءٌ كَثِيرُونَ مُنذُ شَبابِي، وَواحِدٌ مِنهُمْ لَمْ يَنتَصِرْ!

“ Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up; Yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 ب ِقَسوَةٍ ضَرَبُونِي، تَرَكُوا عَلَى ظَهرِي جِراحاً طَوِيلَةً، كَالأتلامِ فِي حَقلٍ مَحرُوثٍ.

“The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows.”

4 غ َيرَ أنَّ اللهَ البارَّ حَرَّرَنِي مِنْ قُيُودِ الأشرارِ.

The Lord is righteous; He has cut in two the cords of the wicked.

5 ل ِيُذَلَّ كُلُّ أعداءِ صِهْيَوْنَ، وَيُرَدُّوا مَهزُومِينَ مَخْزِيِّينَ.

May all who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned backward;

6 ل َيتَهُمْ يَكُونُونَ كَعُشبٍ عَلَى السُّطُوحِ يَذوِي قَبلَ أنْ يَكتَمِلَ نُمُوُّهُ.

Let them be like grass upon the housetops, Which withers before it grows up;

7 ل ا يَملأُ الحاصِدُونَ مِنهُ أيدِيَهُمْ، وَلا يَجِدُونَ ما يَكفِي لِحُزمَةٍ واحِدَةٍ!

With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Or the binder of sheaves his bosom;

8 و َلا يَقُولُ مَنْ يَمُرُّ بِهَؤُلاءِ الأشرارِ: «لِتَكُنْ لَكُمْ بَرَكاتُ اللهِ!» أوْ «نُبارِكُكُمْ بِاسْمِ اللهِ!»

Nor do those who pass by say, “The blessing of the Lord be upon you; We bless you in the name of the Lord.”