1 ي ا اللهُ نَجِّنِي لأنَّ الماءَ قَدِ ارتَفَعَ إلَى عُنقِي.

Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck.

2 ف ِي الوَحلِ العَمِيقِ أغُوصُ، وَلَيسَ لِقَدَمَيَّ مَوضِعٌ. دَخَلتُ فِي المِياهِ العَمِيقَةِ، وَالتَّيّارُ يَجرِفُنِي!

I sink in deep mire, Where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters, Where the floods overflow me.

3 م ِنَ الاستِغاثَةِ تَعِبتُ. وَحَلقِي يُؤلِمُنِي. تَعِبَتْ مِنَ النَّظَرِ عَيْنايَ بَينَما أنا أنتَظِرُ اللهَ.

I am weary with my crying; My throat is dry; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

4 ا لَّذِينَ يَبغِضُونَنِي بِلا سَبَبٍ أكثَرُ مِنْ شَعرِ رَأسِي. الَّذِينَ يُحاوِلُونَ تَدمِيرِي كَثِرُوا، وَحَولِيَ كَذَبُوا. وَالآنَ لا بُدَّ أنْ أرُدَّ ما لَمْ أسرِقْ!

Those who hate me without a cause Are more than the hairs of my head; They are mighty who would destroy me, Being my enemies wrongfully; Though I have stolen nothing, I still must restore it.

5 ذ ُنُوبِي مَعرُوفَةٌ لَدَيكَ يا اللهُ! لا أقدِرُ أنْ أُخفِيَ عَنكَ ذَنبِي.

O God, You know my foolishness; And my sins are not hidden from You.

6 أ يُّها الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ القَدِيرُ، لا تَدَعْ مَنْ يَرجُونَكَ يَخجَلُوا مِنِّي. يا إلَهَ إسرائِيلَ، لا تَدَعْ مَنْ يَطلُبُونَكَ يَقُولُوا فِيَّ سُوءاً.

Let not those who wait for You, O Lord G OD of hosts, be ashamed because of me; Let not those who seek You be confounded because of me, O God of Israel.

7 و َجهِي مُغَطَّىً بِالعارِ، وَأنا أحتَمِلُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أجلِكَ!

Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Shame has covered my face.

8 ك َغَرِيبٍ صِرتُ عِندَ إخْوَتِي. وَكَأجنَبِيٍّ عِندَ أبناءِ أُمِّي.

I have become a stranger to my brothers, And an alien to my mother’s children;

9 ف َقَدْ أكَلَتْنِي الغَيْرَةُ عَلَى بَيْتِكَ، وَإهاناتُ الَّذِينَ أهانُوكَ وَقَعَتْ عَلَيَّ!

Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

10 ح ِينَ أبكِي وَأصُومُ للهِ، فَلا يَكُفُّونَ عَنْ تَحقِيرِي.

When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting, That became my reproach.

11 أ لبَسُ الخَيشَ حُزناً، وَأصِيرُ لَهُمْ أُضحُوكَةً.

I also made sackcloth my garment; I became a byword to them.

12 ا لَّذِينَ يَجلِسُونَ عِندَ بَوّابَةِ المَدِينَةِ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ عَلَيَّ، وَشارِبُو الخَمرِ يُؤَلِّفُونَ عَنِّي أغانِيَ.

Those who sit in the gate speak against me, And I am the song of the drunkards.

13 أ مّا أنا يا اللهُ ، فَأُصَلِّي لِكَي أحظَى بِرِضاكَ. فَاسْتَجِبْ لِي بِعَظِيمِ رَحمَتِكَ وَقُوَّةِ خَلاصِكَ.

But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, in the acceptable time; O God, in the multitude of Your mercy, Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.

14 م ِنْ هَذا الوَحلِ نَجِّنِي، لِئَلّا أغرَقَ أكثَرَ! أعِنِّي فَأنجُوَ مِنْ أعْدائِي، وَمِنَ المِياهِ العَمِيقَةِ.

Deliver me out of the mire, And let me not sink; Let me be delivered from those who hate me, And out of the deep waters.

15 ح ِينَئِذٍ، لا يَجرِفُنِي التَّيّارُ، وَلا تَبتَلِعُنِي المِياهُ العَمِيقَةُ، وَلا تُغلِقُ الهاوِيَةُ فَمَها عَلَيَّ!

Let not the floodwater overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.

16 ا ستَجِبْ يا اللهُ لِي بِرَحمَتِكَ الصّالِحَةِ. بِعَظِيمِ مَحَبَّتِكَ التَفِتْ إلَيَّ.

Hear me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good; Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.

17 ل ا تَخْتَفِ عَنْ عَبدِكَ! أنا فِي ضِيقٍ، فَأَسرِعْ باستِجابَتِكَ!

And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in trouble; Hear me speedily.

18 ت َعالَ خَلِّصْنِي! افدِنِي. بِسَبَبِ أعدائِيَ تَعالَ وَحَرِّرْنِي!

Draw near to my soul, and redeem it; Deliver me because of my enemies.

19 ع الِمٌ أنتَ بِعارِي وَحَرَجِي وَخِزيِي. وَخُصُومِي أنتَ تَعرِفُهُمْ.

You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor; My adversaries are all before You.

20 ي ُذِلُّنِي هَذا الخِزيُ، فَأنا يائِسٌ! رَجَوْتُ عَطفاً، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ مِنْ عَطفٍ. رَجَوْتُ مَنْ يُعَزُّونَنِي، فَما وَجَدتُ أحَداً.

Reproach has broken my heart, And I am full of heaviness; I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.

21 ل َكِنَّهُمْ دَسُّوا سُمّاً فِي طَعامِي. وَفِي عَطَشِي أعطُونِي خَلّاً.

They also gave me gall for my food, And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

22 ل ِتَكُنْ مَوائِدُهُمْ مَصائِدَ لَهُمْ. وَلَيْتَ وَلائِمَهُمْ لأصحابِهِمْ تَصِيرُ مِصيَدَةً.

Let their table become a snare before them, And their well-being a trap.

23 ل َيتَ عُيُونَهُمْ تُظلِمُ كَيْ لا يُبصِرُوا، وَلَيتَ ظُهُورَهُمْ تَنحَنِي بِاستِمرارٍ.

Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see; And make their loins shake continually.

24 ا سْكُبْ عَلَيهِمْ غَضَبَكَ يا اللهُ، وَلْتُدرِكْهُمْ نارُكَ!

Pour out Your indignation upon them, And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them.

25 خ َرِّبْ بُيُوتَهُمْ! فَلا يَسكُنُ فِيها أحَدٌ!

Let their dwelling place be desolate; Let no one live in their tents.

26 ح َتَّى يَهرُبُوا عِندَما أضرِبُهُمْ! وَتَكُونَ لَهُمْ أوجاعٌ وَجِراحٌ لِيَتَحَدَّثُوا عَنها!

For they persecute the ones You have struck, And talk of the grief of those You have wounded.

27 ك ما يَستَحِقُّونَ عاقِبهُمْ! وَبِعَدلِكَ لا تَقبَلْهُمْ.

Add iniquity to their iniquity, And let them not come into Your righteousness.

28 ا مْحُ أسماءَهُمْ مِنْ سِفرِ الحَياةِ! وَمَعَ الصّالِحِينَ لا تَذكُرْها.

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, And not be written with the righteous.

29 أ مّا أنا فَمِسكِينٌ وَمُتَألِّمٌ. خَلاصُكَ يا اللهُ يَرْفَعُنِي.

But I am poor and sorrowful; Let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high.

30 س َأُسَبِّحُ اسْمَ اللهِ غِناءً، سَأُمَجِّدُهُ بِتَرانيمِ التَّسبِيحِ.

I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.

31 ف َيَفرَحُ اللهُ بِها أكثَرَ مِنْ ذَبِيحَةِ ثَورٍ كامِلٍ.

This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bull, Which has horns and hooves.

32 ي َرَى المَساكِينُ هَذا فَيَفرَحُونَ، وَتَنتَعِشُ أرواحُ عابِدِي اللهِ.

The humble shall see this and be glad; And you who seek God, your hearts shall live.

33 ل أنَّهُمْ سَيَعرِفُونَ أنَّ اللهَ يَستَمِعُ إلَى المَساكِينِ، وَلا يَحتَقِرُ أسراهُ.

For the Lord hears the poor, And does not despise His prisoners.

34 ل ِتُسَبِّحِ اللهَ السَّماءُ وَالأرْضُ وَكُلُّ ما فِيهِما.

Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them.

35 ل أنَّ اللهَ يُخَلِّصُ صِهْيَوْنَ، وَيَبنِي مُدُنَ يَهُوذا. لِيَسكُنَ هُناكَ شَعبُهُ وَيَرِثُوا الأرْضَ.

For God will save Zion And build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell there and possess it.

36 ف َيَرِثَها نَسلُ عَبِيدِهِ أيضاً، وَيَسكُنَ كُلُّ مُحِبِّي اسْمِهِ هُناكَ.

Also, the descendants of His servants shall inherit it, And those who love His name shall dwell in it.