1 ل ا يُزعْجْكَ الأشْرارُ. وَلا تَحسِدْ مَنْ يَقتَرِفُونَ الآثامَ.

Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.

2 ل ِأنَّهُمْ سَرْعانَ ما يُذَلُّونَ وَيَمُوتُونَ، يَذْبُلُونَ مِثلَ الحَشائِشِ الَّتِي تَنمُو فِي الحُقُولِ.

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.

3 ع َلَى اللهِ اتَّكِلْ، وَافْعَلِ الخَيرَ. وَسَتَسكُنُ أرْضَكَ وَتَنْعُمُ بِالأمانِ.

Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.

4 ت َلَذَّذْ بِاللهِ ، وَسَيُعطِيكَ مُشْتَهَياتِ قَلْبِكَ.

Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

5 س َلِّمْ للهِ حَياتَكَ، وَاتَّكِلْ عَلَيهِ، وَهُوَ سَيَعْمَلُ.

Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:

6 س َيَجْعَلُ صَلاحَكَ يُشْرِقُ كَالضِّياءِ، وَعَدلَكَ كَشَمْسِ الظَّهِيرَةِ.

he will make your righteousness go out as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun.

7 ا ثبُتْ فِي حَضرَةِ اللهَ ، وَانتَظِرْهُ بِصَبرٍ. وَلا تَقلَقْ إذا نَجَحَتْ خُطَطُ ذَوِي المَكائِدِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ.

Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

8 ل ا تَنزَعِجْ وَلا تَغْضَبْ! وَلا تَغْتَظْ فَتَنْدَفِعَ إلَى الشَّرِّ.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret, it leads only to evildoing.

9 ل ِأنَّ الأشْرارَ سَيَهلِكُونَ، أمّا الَّذِينَ يَنتَظِرُونَ اللهَ ، فَسَيَمْتَلِكُونَ الأرْضَ.

For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.

10 ب َعْدَ وَقْتٍ قَلِيلٍ، يَمضِي الشِّرِّيرُ. تُفَتِّشُ عَنْهُ طَوِيلا، فَلا تَجِدُهُ!

For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn’t there.

11 أ مّا الوُدَعاءُ فَسَيَمْتَلِكُونَ الأرْضَ، وَيَتَمَتَّعُونَ بِسَلامٍ وَخَيرٍ.

But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

12 ا لأشْرارُ يَكِيدُونَ دَوْماً لِلصّالِحِينَ، وَيُظهِرُونَ بُغضَهُمْ لَهُمْ.

The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.

13 ل َكِنَّ اللهَ يَسْخَرُ مِنْهُمْ! لِأنَّهُ يَعْرِفُ أنَّ يَوْمَهُمْ آتٍ!

The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

14 ي َستَلُّ الأشْرارُ سُيُوفَهُمْ وَيَمُدُّونَ أقواسَهُمْ. لِقَتلِ المَساكِينِ وَذَبْحِ الصّالِحِينَ المُستَقِيمِينَ.

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright on the path.

15 ل َكِنَّ سُيُوفَهُمْ سَتَختَرِقُ قُلُوبَهُمْ، وَأقواسَهُمْ سَتَنكَسِرُ.

Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.

16 ا لقَلِيلُ الَّذِي يَملِكُهُ البارُّ خَيرٌ مِنَ الثَّروَةِ العَظِيمَةِ الَّتِي يُكَدِّسُها الأشْرارُ.

Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

17 ل ِأنَّ قُوَّةَ الأشْرارِ سَتُكْسَرُ، أمّا الصّالِحُونَ، فَاللهُ يَعتَنِي بِهِمْ.

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.

18 ا للهُ يَعلَمُ مَنْ هُمُ الطّاهِرُونَ، وَثَوابُهُمْ يَدُومُ إلَى الأبَدِ!

Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever.

19 ف ِي الأزمِنَةِ العَصِيبَةِ لَنْ يَخزُوا، وَفِي أيّامِ الجُوعِ يَشْبَعُونَ.

They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

20 أ مّا الأشْرارُ فَسَيَهلِكُونَ. فَأعداءُ اللهِ أشْبَهُ بِزُهُورِ الحَقلِ الجَمِيلَةِ، الَّتِي تَصعَدُ ذاتَ يَوْمٍ فِي الدُّخانِ!

But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of Yahweh shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish— vanish like smoke.

21 ا لشِّرِّيرُ يَستَدِينُ المالَ وَلا يَسُدُّ دَيْنَهُ، أمّا الصّالِحُ فَكَرِيمٌ مِعْطاءٌ.

The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously.

22 ل ِأنَّ مَنْ يُبارِكهُمُ اللهُ يَمْتَلِكُونَ الأرْضَ، وَمَنْ يَلعَنُهُمْ يَهلِكُونَ.

For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.

23 ي ُثَبِّتُ اللهُ خَطَواتِ الإنسانِ الَّذِي تُرضِيهِ طَرِيقُهُ.

A man’s goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.

24 إ ذا تَعَثَّرَ، لا يَسقُطُ، فَاللهُ حاضِرٌ لِيَسنِدَهُ وَيُثَبِّتَهُ.

Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand.

25 ع َمَّرْتُ طَوِيلاً، وَلَمْ أرَ بارّاً مَتْرُوكاً، وَلَمْ أرَ أبناءَهُ يَستَعْطُونَ طَعاماً.

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.

26 ب َلْ هُوَ شَفُوقٌ دَوْماً وَيُقْرِضُ بِسَخاءٍ، وَالبَرَكَةُ نَصِيبُ أبْنائِهِ.

All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His offspring is blessed.

27 ف َتَجَنَّبِ الشَّرَّ، وَافعَلِ الخَيرَ وَلَنْ تَكُونَ بِلا مَأوَى.

Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.

28 ل ِأنَّ اللهَ يُحِبُّ الإنصافَ. وَلا يَترُكُ أتباعَهُ الأُمَناءَ. إلَى الأبَدِ يَرعاهُمْ، أمّا نَسلُ الأشْرارِ فَيُقطَعُ.

For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn’t forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

29 ي َأخُذُ الصّالِحُونَ الأرْضَ المَوعُودَةَ، وَإلَى الأبَدِ يَسكُنُونَها.

The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.

30 ب ِحِكْمَةٍ يَتَكَلَّمُ الإنسانُ الصّالِحُ، وَعَنْ أُمُورٍ مُستَقِيمَةٍ يَتَحَدَّثُ.

The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.

31 ش َرِيعَةُ إلَهِهِ فِي قَلبِهِ. بِها يَعمَلُ دائِماً.

The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.

32 ا لشِّرِّيرُ يُراقِبُ الصّالِحِينَ دَوْماً مُتَفَكِّراً فِي طُرُقٍ لِقَتلِهِمْ.

The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

33 ل َكِنَّ اللهَ لا يَترُكُ الإنسانَ الصّالِحَ، لا يَدَعُهُ اللهُ يُدانُ فِي المُحاكَمَةِ.

Yahweh will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

34 ا نتَظِرِ اللهَ وَاعْمَلْ بِكَلامِهِ، وَهُوَ يَرفَعُكَ فَتَمْتَلِكَ الأرْضَ، وَتَرَى الأشْرارَ يَهلِكُونَ.

Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

35 ر َأيتُ مَرَّةً طاغِيَةً مُسْتبِدّاً، مُتَشَامِخاً كأرْزِ لُبْنانَ.

I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

36 ث ُمَّ مَرَرْتُ بِهِ ثانِيَةً، فَلَمْ أجِدْهُ. بَحَثْتُ عَنْهُ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَوضِعٌ.

But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.

37 ل احِظِ الأتقِياءَ الأُمَناءَ. فَآخِرَةُ مُحِبِّي السَّلامِ صالِحَةٌ.

Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.

38 أ مّا كاسِرُو الشَّرِيعَةِ فَيَهلِكُونَ جَمِيعاً، لِأنَّهُمْ سَيُقطَعُونَ مِنَ الأرْضِ.

As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.

39 ي َنصُرُ اللهُ الأبرارَ، هُوَ حِصْنُهُمْ فِي الضِّيقِ.

But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.

40 ي ُعِينُهُمْ اللهُ وَيُحَرِّرُهُمْ. وَمِنَ الأشْرارِ يُنقِذُهُمْ. لِأنَّهُمْ إلَيهِ يَلجأونَ.

Yahweh helps them, and rescues them. He rescues them from the wicked, and saves them, Because they have taken refuge in him.