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

Give ear to my prayer, O God; And hide not thyself from my supplication.

2 ا ستَمِعْ لِي وَاسْتَجِبْ بِالأنِينِ أعرِضُ أمامَكَ كَلامِي.

Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

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

Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.

4 ي َخفِقُ قَلبِي داخِلِي بِقُوَّةٍ وَأنا خائِفٌ مِنَ المَوتِ.

My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

5 ت َمَلَّكَنِي خَوفٌ وَارتِعادٌ، وَغَمَرَنِي الرُّعبُ.

Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, And horror hath overwhelmed me.

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

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

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

Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah

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

I would haste me to a shelter From the stormy wind and tempest.

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

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue; 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 it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.

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

Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.

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

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him:

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

But it was thou, a man mine equal, My companion, and my familiar friend.

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

We took sweet counsel together; We walked in the house of God with the throng.

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

Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

16 أ مّا أنا فَأستَنجِدُ بِاللهِ. وَاللهُ سَيُنجِدُنِي!

As for me, I will call upon God; And Jehovah will save me.

17 ل َيلاً وَصَباحاً وَظُهراً أُصَلِّي، وَهُوَ لِصَلاتِي يَستَجِيبُ.

Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice.

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

He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me; For they were many that 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 answer them, Even he that abideth of old, Selah The men who have no changes, And who fear not God.

20 ف َقَدْ هاجَمُوا الَّذِينَ سالَمُوهُمْ، وَتَراجَعُوا عَنْ وُعُودِهِمْ.

He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant.

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

His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.

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

Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

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

But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.