1 إ لَى صَلاتِي استَمِعْ يا اللهُ. وَلا تَتَجاهَلِ استِرحامِي.

Listen to my prayer, O God, and hide not Yourself from my supplication!

2 ا ستَمِعْ لِي وَاسْتَجِبْ بِالأنِينِ أعرِضُ أمامَكَ كَلامِي.

Attend to me and answer me; I am restless and distraught in my complaint and must moan

3 ص َوتُ خَصمِي أفزَعَنِي، وَذَلِكَ الشِّرِّيرُ صَرَخَ عَلَيَّ! بِفَظائِعَ يَتَّهِمُونَنِي، وَبِأُمُورٍ سَيِّئَةٍ جِدّاً، وَيُخاصِمُونَنِي فِي غَضَبٍ.

at the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression and threats of the wicked; for they would cast trouble upon me, and in wrath they persecute me.

4 ي َخفِقُ قَلبِي داخِلِي بِقُوَّةٍ وَأنا خائِفٌ مِنَ المَوتِ.

My heart is grievously pained within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

5 ت َمَلَّكَنِي خَوفٌ وَارتِعادٌ، وَغَمَرَنِي الرُّعبُ.

Fear and trembling have come upon me; horror and fright have overwhelmed me.

6 ل َيتَ لِي جَناحَينِ كَاليَمامَةِ فَأطِيرَ بَعِيداً وَأجِدَ مَكانَ راحَةٍ.

And I say, Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.

7 ل َيتَنِي اذْهَبُ بَعِيداً، أتَوَغَّلُ فِي الصَّحراءِ وَأُقِيمُ فِيها. سِلاهْ

Yes, I would wander far away, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah!

8 ك ُنتُ سَأندَفِعُ إلَى مَكانِ النَّجاةِ، وَأهرُبُ مِنْ عاصِفَةِ الضِّيقِ.

I would hasten to escape and to find a shelter from the stormy wind and tempest.

9 أ فسِدْ مَكائِدَهُمْ يا رَبُّ، وَفَرِّقْ آراءَهُمْ. فِي المَدِينَةِ أرَى عُنفاً

Destroy, O Lord, confuse their tongues, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

10 و َخِصاماً يُحِيطانِ بِها لَيلَ نَهارٍ، وَيَملآنِها بِجَرائِمَ وَمَشَقّاتٍ.

Day and night they go about on its walls; iniquity and mischief are in its midst.

11 ف ِي الشَّوارِعِ إثمٌ كَثِيرٌ. وَالنّاسُ يَكذِبُونَ وَيَغِشُّونَ فِي كُلِّ مَكانٍ!

Violence and ruin are within it; fraud and guile do not depart from its streets and marketplaces.

12 ل َو كانَ الَّذِي يَحتَقِرُنِي عَدُوّاً، لاحتَمَلْتُ. وَلَو كانَ الَّذِي يُهاجِمُنِي خَصماً، لاخْتَبَأتُ.

For it is not an enemy who reproaches and taunts me—then I might bear it; nor is it one who has hated me who insolently vaunts himself against me—then I might hide from him.

13 ل َكِنَّهُ أنتَ، رَفِيقِي وَزَمِيلِي وَصاحِبِي. أنتَ مَنْ يَحتَقِرُنِي وَيُهاجِمُنِي!

But it was you, a man my equal, my companion and my familiar friend.

14 ك ُنّا نَستَمتِعُ بِأحادِيثِنا مَعاً، وَنَحنُ نَتَمَشَّى مَعاً بَينَ الجُمُوعِ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ.

We had sweet fellowship together and used to walk to the house of God in company.

15 ل َيْتَ المَوتَ يُفاجِئُ أعدائِي! لَيْتَ الأرْضَ تَنفَتِحُ وَتَبتَلِعُهُمْ أحياءً. لأنَّهُمْ يَفعَلُونَ مِثلَ هَذِهِ الشُّرُورَ فِي بُيُوتِهِمْ.

Let desolations and death come suddenly upon them; let them go down alive to Sheol (the place of the dead), for evils are in their habitations, in their hearts, and their inmost part.

16 أ مّا أنا فَأستَنجِدُ بِاللهِ. وَاللهُ سَيُنجِدُنِي!

As for me, I will call upon God, and the Lord will save me.

17 ل َيلاً وَصَباحاً وَظُهراً أُصَلِّي، وَهُوَ لِصَلاتِي يَستَجِيبُ.

Evening and morning and at noon will I utter my complaint and moan and sigh, and He will hear my voice.

18 م َعارِكَ كَثِيرَةً حارَبْتُ، وَدائِماً أنقَذَنِي اللهُ. وَأعادَنِي سالِماً.

He has redeemed my life in peace from the battle that was against me, for they were many who strove with me.

19 س َيَسمَعُنِي اللهُ، المَلِكُ مُنذُ القَدِيمِ، وَسَيُعاقِبُ أعدائِي. سِلاهْ لَكِنَّهُمْ لا يُرِيدُونَ أنْ يَتَغَيَّرُوا، وَلا يَخافُونَ اللهَ.

God will hear and humble them, even He Who abides of old— Selah!—because in them there has been no change, and they do not fear, revere, and worship God.

20 ف َقَدْ هاجَمُوا الَّذِينَ سالَمُوهُمْ، وَتَراجَعُوا عَنْ وُعُودِهِمْ.

has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; he has broken and profaned his agreement.

21 ه ُمْ مُتَحَدِّثُونَ لُطَفاءُ، لَكِنَّ قُلُوبَهُمْ تُخَطِّطُ لِلحَربِ. كَلِماتُهُمْ مَلساءُ كَالزَّيتِ، وَهِيَ تَقطَعُ كَالسَّكاكِينِ الحادَّةِ.

The words of his mouth were smoother than cream or butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

22 ا رمِ أحمالَكَ عَلَى اللهِ. وَهُوَ سَيَهتَمُّ بِكَ. لا يَسمَحُ بِأنْ يَنْزَلِقَ التَّقِيُّ وَيَقَعَ.

Cast your burden on the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be moved (made to slip, fall, or fail).

23 أ مّا أنتَ يا اللهُ، فَتُلقِي بِالقَتَلَةِ وَالكاذِبِينَ إلَى حُفرَةِ التَّعَفُّنِ قَبلَ أنْ تَنتَصِفَ أعْمارُهُمْ. أمّا أنا، فَعَلَيكَ أتَّكِلُ.

But You, O God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in, lean on, and confidently rely on You.