1 ب ِآذانِنا سَمِعنا يا اللهُ. آباؤُنا حَكُوا لَنا، حَدَّثُونا عَنْ أعمالِكَ الَّتِي عَمِلْتَ فِي أيّامِهِمْ مُنذُ القَدِيمِ.

O God, with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, the work thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old:

2 ط َرَدْتَ الأُمَمَ الوَثَنِيَّةَ بِيَدِكَ قَلَعْتَهُمْ مِنَ الأرْضِ وَأعطَيتَها لَنا.

Thou, by thy hand, didst dispossess the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them didst thou cause to spread out.

3 أ خبَرُونا أنَّ سُيُوفَهُمْ وَقُوَّةَ سَواعِدِهُمْ لَمْ تَضمَنْ لَهُمُ النَّصرَ وَالأرْضَ. بَلْ قُوَّتُكَ وَحُضُورُكَ صَنَعا ذَلِكَ، لأنَّكَ رَضِيتَ عَنهُمْ.

For not by their own sword did they take possession of the land, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst delight in them.

4 أ نتَ مَلِكِي يا اللهُ. فَمُرْ بانتِصارِ يَعقُوبَ.

Thou thyself art my king, O God: command deliverance for Jacob.

5 ب اسمِكَ وَقُوَّتِكَ نَطرَحُ مَنْ يُقاوِمُونَنا أرْضاً وَنَدُوسُهُمْ.

Through thee will we push down our adversaries; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

6 ل أنِّي لا أَتَّكِلُ عَلَى قَوسِي، وَسَيفِي لا يَنصُرُنِي.

For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

7 ب لْ أنتَ، أنتَ تَنصُرُنا عَلَى أعدائِنا. أنتَ مَنْ يُخزِي كارِهِينا!

For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.

8 س َبَّحْنا اللهَ طَوالَ اليَومِ، وَإلَى الأبَدِ نُسَبِّحُ اسْمَكَ. سِلاهْ

In God will we boast all the day, and we will praise thy name for ever. Selah.

9 ل َكِنَّكَ تَخَلَّيْتَ عَنّا وَأخْزَيْتَنا. وَرَفَضتَ أنْ تَخْرُجَ إلَى الحَرْبِ مَعَنا!

But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies;

10 ج َعَلْتَنا نَفِرُّ مِنْ أمامِ العُدُوِّ، فَأخَذَ مُبغِضُونا الغَنائِمَ.

Thou hast made us to turn back from the adversary, and they that hate us spoil for themselves;

11 ج َعَلْتَنا كَغَنَمٍ لِلذَّبحِ، وَشَتَّتَّنا بَينَ الغُرَباءِ!

Thou hast given us over like sheep for meat, and hast scattered us among the nations;

12 ب ِعْتَ شَعبَكَ كَالعَبِيدِ بِثَمَنٍ زَهِيدٍ! وَلَمْ تَسْعَ لِرَفْعِ ثَمَنِهِمْ!

Thou hast sold thy people for nought, and hast not increased by their price;

13 ر َأى جِيرانُنا ما فَعَلْتَ بِنا، وَها هُمْ يَهزَأُونَ بِنا وَعَلَينا يَضحَكُونَ!

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us;

14 ج َعَلْتَنا أُضحُوكَةً عِندَ الشُّعُوبِ المُجاوِرَةِ. يَستَهزِئُونَ بِنا وَيَهُزُّونَ رُؤُوسَهُمْ.

Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

15 أ ُواجِهُ خِزْيِي طَوالَ اليَومِ فَأُغَطِّي وَجهِي،

All the day my confusion is before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

16 ع ِندَ سُخْرِيَةِ وَإهانَةِ العَدُوِّ السّاعِي إلَى الانتِقامِ مِنِّي.

Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the avenger.

17 أ نتَ فَعَلْتَ هَذا كُلَّهُ يا اللهُ، رُغْمَ أنَّنا ما نَسَيناكَ وَلَمْ نَكسِرْ عَهدَكَ.

All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely against thy covenant:

18 ل َمْ نُبعِدْ قُلُوبَنا عَنكَ! وَلا تَوَقَّفنا عَنِ السَّيرِ وَراءَكَ!

Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path;

19 ل َكِنَّكَ سَحَقتَنا فِي أرْضِ الأفاعِي، وَغَطَّيْتَنا بِظُلمَةٍ حالِكَةٍ كَالمَوتِ.

Though thou hast crushed us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

20 ل َو نَسِينا اسْمَ إلَهِنا وَرَفَعْنا أيدِينا بِالدُّعاءِ لإلَهٍ مُزَيَّفٍ،

If we had forgotten the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a strange god,

21 ف َسَتَعلَمُ ذَلِكَ، لأنَّكَ تَعرِفُ أسرارَ قُلُوبِنا.

Would not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

22 ل انَّنا مِنْ أجلِكَ نُواجِهُ خَطَرَ المَوتِ طَوالَ النَّهارِ. وَنَحنُ مَحسُوبُونَ كَغَنَمٍ لِلذَّبحِ.

But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter.

23 ا ستَيقِظْ، لِماذا تَنامُ يا رَبُّ؟ قُمْ وَلا تَترُكنا إلَى الأبَدِ!

Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast not off for ever.

24 ل ِماذا تَختَفِي عَنّا؟ لا تَتَجاهَلْ مُعاناتَنا وَاضطِهادَنا.

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

25 إ لَى الوَحلِ دُفِعَتْ نُفُوسُنا وَبُطُونُنا التَصَقَتْ فِي التُّرابِ.

For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

26 ق ُمْ، سارِعْ إلَى عَونِنا، أنقِذْنا بِسَبَبِ رَحْمَتِكَ الدّائِمَةِ.

Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving-kindness' sake.