1 ه َنِيئاً لِمَنْ يُعِينُ المَساكِينَ وَيَهْتَمُّ بِهِمْ. فَاللهُ يُنقِذُهُ فِي أزمِنَةِ الشِّدَّةِ.

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

2 ي َحرُسُهُ اللهُ وَيَحفَظُهُ. يَكُونُ مُبارَكاً جِدّاً فِي الأرْضِ. وَلا يُسَلِّمُهُ اللهُ إلَى أيدِي أعدائِهِ.

Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive, And he shall be blessed upon the earth; And deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies.

3 ع َلَى فِراشِ مَرَضِهِ يَسنِدُهُ اللهُ. يُحَوِّلُ ضَعْفَهُ إلَى قُوَّةٍ.

Jehovah will support him upon the couch of languishing: Thou makest all his bed in his sickness.

4 ق ُلْتُ: «إلَيكَ أخطَأْتُ يا اللهُ. فَارحَمْنِي وَاشْفِ نَفسِي.»

I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me: Heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

5 ل َكِنَّ أعدائِي تَكَلَّمُوا عَلَيَّ بِالشَّرِّ وَقالُوا: «مَتَى يَمُوتُ وَيُنسَى؟»

Mine enemies speak evil against me, saying, When will he die, and his name perish?

6 و َإنْ جاءُوا لِرُؤْيَتِي، لا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِما فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ. بَلْ يَأْتُونَ لِيَعْرِفُوا خَبَراً سَيِّئاً عَنِّي. ثُمَّ يَخرُجُونَ لِيُرَوِّجُوهُ.

And if he come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

7 ي َتَهامَسُ كُلُّ كارِهِيَّ عَلَيَّ يَتَآمَرُونَ بِشُرُورٍ ضِدِّي.

All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.

8 ي َقُولُونَ: «لا بُدَّ أنَّهُ فَعَلَ أمراً رَدِيئاً. لِذا هُوَ مَطرُوحٌ وَلَنْ يَقُومَ.»

An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him; And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.

9 ح َتَّى أعَزُّ صَدِيقٍ لِي، الَّذِي بِهِ وَثِقْتُ، أكَلَ خُبْزِي وَانقَلَبَ ضِدِّي.

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who did eat of my bread, Hath lifted up his heel against me.

10 ف َارحَمْنِي يا اللهُ. أقِمْنِي لِكَي أُجازِيَهُمْ.

But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up, That I may requite them.

11 ب ِهَذا سَأعرِفُ أنَّكَ راضٍ عَنِّي، وَأنَّكَ لَمْ تُهَيِّجْ أعدائِي عَلَيَّ.

By this I know that thou delightest in me, Because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

12 و َسَأعرِفُ أنِّي بَرِيءٌ، وَأنَّكَ سانَدْتَنِي، وَأقَمْتَنِي أمامَكَ لِأخدِمَكَ إلَى الأبَدِ.

And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, And settest me before thy face for ever.

13 م ُبارَكٌ اللهُ إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ مُنذُ الأزَلِ وَإلَى الأبَدِ. آمِينَ ثُمَّ آمِينْ.

Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.