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

We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, The deeds You did in their days, In days of old:

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

You drove out the nations with Your hand, But them You planted; You afflicted the peoples, and cast them out.

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

For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, Nor did their own arm save them; But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, Because You favored them.

4 أ نتَ مَلِكِي يا اللهُ. فَمُرْ بانتِصارِ يَعقُوبَ.

You are my King, O God; Command victories for Jacob.

5 ب اسمِكَ وَقُوَّتِكَ نَطرَحُ مَنْ يُقاوِمُونَنا أرْضاً وَنَدُوسُهُمْ.

Through You we will push down our enemies; Through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us.

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

For I will not trust in my bow, Nor shall my sword save me.

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

But You have saved us from our enemies, And have put to shame those who hated us.

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

In God we boast all day long, And praise Your name forever. Selah

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

But You have cast us off and put us to shame, And You do not go out with our armies.

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

You make us turn back from the enemy, And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.

11 ج َعَلْتَنا كَغَنَمٍ لِلذَّبحِ، وَشَتَّتَّنا بَينَ الغُرَباءِ!

You have given us up like sheep intended for food, And have scattered us among the nations.

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

You sell Your people for next to nothing, And are not enriched by selling them.

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

You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those all around us.

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

You make us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.

15 أ ُواجِهُ خِزْيِي طَوالَ اليَومِ فَأُغَطِّي وَجهِي،

My dishonor is continually before me, And the shame of my face has covered me,

16 ع ِندَ سُخْرِيَةِ وَإهانَةِ العَدُوِّ السّاعِي إلَى الانتِقامِ مِنِّي.

Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles, Because of the enemy and the avenger.

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

All this has come upon us; But we have not forgotten You, Nor have we dealt falsely with Your covenant.

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

Our heart has not turned back, Nor have our steps departed from Your way;

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

But You have severely broken 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, Or stretched out our hands to a foreign god,

21 ف َسَتَعلَمُ ذَلِكَ، لأنَّكَ تَعرِفُ أسرارَ قُلُوبِنا.

Would not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

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

Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

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

Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord? Arise! Do not cast us off forever.

24 ل ِماذا تَختَفِي عَنّا؟ لا تَتَجاهَلْ مُعاناتَنا وَاضطِهادَنا.

Why do You hide Your face, And forget 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 body clings to the ground.

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

Arise for our help, And redeem us for Your mercies’ sake.