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

To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work in their days, In the days of old.

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

Thou, Thy hand, nations hast dispossessed. And Thou dost plant them. Thou afflictest peoples, and sendest them away.

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

For, not by their sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them.

4 أ نتَ مَلِكِي يا اللهُ. فَمُرْ بانتِصارِ يَعقُوبَ.

Thou He, my king, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.

5 ب اسمِكَ وَقُوَّتِكَ نَطرَحُ مَنْ يُقاوِمُونَنا أرْضاً وَنَدُوسُهُمْ.

By Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,

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

For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me.

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

For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame.

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

In God we have boasted all the day, And Thy name to the age we thank. Selah.

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

In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not forth with our hosts.

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

Thou causest us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.

11 ج َعَلْتَنا كَغَنَمٍ لِلذَّبحِ، وَشَتَّتَّنا بَينَ الغُرَباءِ!

Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.

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

Thou sellest Thy people -- without wealth, And hast not become great 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 scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.

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

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

15 أ ُواجِهُ خِزْيِي طَوالَ اليَومِ فَأُغَطِّي وَجهِي،

All the day my confusion 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 a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.

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

All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.

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

We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.

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

But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.

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

If we have forgotten the name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God,

21 ف َسَتَعلَمُ ذَلِكَ، لأنَّكَ تَعرِفُ أسرارَ قُلُوبِنا.

Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.

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

Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.

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

Stir up -- why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.

24 ل ِماذا تَختَفِي عَنّا؟ لا تَتَجاهَلْ مُعاناتَنا وَاضطِهادَنا.

Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,

25 إ لَى الوَحلِ دُفِعَتْ نُفُوسُنا وَبُطُونُنا التَصَقَتْ فِي التُّرابِ.

For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.

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

Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for thy kindness' sake.