1 ع َظِيمٌ هُوَ اللهُ وَمُستَحِقٌّ كُلَّ تَسبِيحٍ فِي مَدِينَةِ إلَهِنا، حَيثُ جَبَلُهُ المُقَدَّسُ.

A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah. Great Jehovah, and praised greatly, In the city of our God -- His holy hill.

2 ا لقُدسُ جَمِيلَةُ الارتِفاعِ، وَهِيَ فَرَحُ لِلأرْضِ كُلِّها. جَبَلُ صِهْيَوْنُ كَقِمَّةِ صافُونَ. القُدسُ مَدِينَةُ المَلِكِ العَظِيمِ.

Beautiful elevation, A joy of all the land, Mount Zion, The sides of the north, the city of a great king.

3 ف ِي حُصُونِها أظهَرَ اللهُ أنَّهُ مَلجَأٌ.

God in her high places is known for a tower.

4 ف َحِينَ احتَشَدَ المُلُوكُ الغُرَباءُ لإفنائِها.

For, lo, the kings met, they passed by together,

5 ر َأَوْها فَدُهِشُوا وَفَزِعُوا وَهَرَبُوا.

They have seen -- so they have marvelled, They have been troubled, they were hastened away.

6 خ افُوا وَارتَعَدُوا. كامرَأةٍ أمسَكَتْ بِها آلامُ الوِلادَةِ.

Trembling hath seized them there, Pain, as of a travailing woman.

7 ك َالرِّيحِ الشَّرقِيَّةِ الَّتِي تُحَطِّمُ السُّفُنَ العَظِيمَةَ.

By an east wind Thou shiverest ships of Tarshish.

8 ر َأينا قُوَّةَ اللهِ تَماماً كَما سَمِعْنا عَنها. فِي مَدِينَةِ اللهِ القَدِيرِ فِي مَدِينَةِ إلَهِنا. يُثَبِّتُها اللهُ إلَى الأبَدِ. سِلاهْ

As we have heard, so we have seen, In the city of Jehovah of hosts, In the city of our God, God doth establish her -- to the age. Selah.

9 ب ِرَحْمَتِكَ نَحتَفِلُ يا اللهُ فِي وَسَطِ هَيكَلِكَ.

We have thought, O God, of Thy kindness, In the midst of Thy temple,

10 و َكَما ذاعَ اسْمُكَ، لِيُذَعْ تَسبِيحُكَ فِي كُلِّ الأرْضِ أيضاً. لِيَعرِفِ الجَمِيعُ أنَّكَ مُمتَلِئٌ بِالبِرِّ وَالصَّلاحِ.

As Thy name, O God, so Thy praise, Over the ends of the earth, Righteousness hath filled Thy right hand.

11 ل َيتَ النّاسَ عَلَى جَبَلِ صِهْيَوْنَ يَبتَهِجُونَ، وَلَيتَ مُدُنَ يَهُوذا تَبتَهِجُ بِأحكامِكَ الصّالِحَةِ.

Rejoice doth Mount Zion, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Thy judgments.

12 ط ُوفُوا حَولَ صِهْيَوْنَ، وَتَأمَّلُوا المَدِينَةَ. أحْصُوا كُلَّ أبْراجِها.

Compass Zion, and go round her, count her towers,

13 ت َأمَّلُوا أسوارَها وَتَغَزَّلُوا بِقُصُورِها، لِكَي تُحَدِّثُوا عَنها أجيالاً قادِمَةً.

Set your heart to her bulwark, Consider her high places, So that ye recount to a later generation,

14 ل أنَّ اللهَ هُوَ إلَهُنا إلَى الأبَدِ. وَهُوَ يَهدِينا حَتَّى عَبْرَ المَوتِ.

That this God our God -- To the age and for ever, He -- he doth lead us over death!