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

“They have made it hard for me many times since I was young,” let Israel now say.

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

“They have made it hard for me many times since I was young. But they have not won over me.

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

Those who plow have plowed my back. And they have made their ditches long.”

4 غ َيرَ أنَّ اللهَ البارَّ حَرَّرَنِي مِنْ قُيُودِ الأشرارِ.

The Lord is right and good. He has cut in two the ropes of the sinful.

5 ل ِيُذَلَّ كُلُّ أعداءِ صِهْيَوْنَ، وَيُرَدُّوا مَهزُومِينَ مَخْزِيِّينَ.

May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned away.

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

Let them be like grass on the roof, which dries up before it grows.

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

No one can pick it and fill his hand. No one can gather it and fill his arms.

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

And those who pass by do not say, “May the Lord be good to you. We pray that good will come to you in the name of the Lord.”