1 ص الِحٌ هُوَ اللهُ لإسْرائِيلَ، لأنقِياءِ القُلُوبِ وَالدَّوافِعِ.

A Psalm of Asaph. Only -- good to Israel God, to the clean of heart. And I -- as a little thing, My feet have been turned aside,

2 ل َكِنِّي كِدْتُ أزِلُّ وَأتَوَقَّفُ عَنِ اتِّباعِهِ.

As nothing, have my steps slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful,

3 ل أنِّي رَأيتُ حالَ الأشرارِ الحَسَنِ، وَغِرتُ مِنْ أُولَئِكَ النّاسِ المُتَغَطرِسِينَ.

The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,

4 ف َما مِنْ ألَمٍ يُزْعِجُهُمْ طَوالَ حَياتِهِمْ، وَصِحَّتُهُمْ مُمتازَةٌ.

And their might firm.

5 ل ا يُضطَرُّونَ إلَى الكِفاحِ كَبَقِيَّةِ النّاسِ، وَلا يُشارِكُونَهُمْ ضِيقاتِهِمْ.

In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued.

6 و َلِهَذا يَعرِضُونَ كِبرِياءَهُمْ كَقِلادَةٍ، وَقَساوَتَهُمْ كَرِداءٍ يَلُفُّونَهُ حَولَهُمْ.

Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.

7 ي ُرِيدُونَ المَزِيدَ دائِماً وَيَحْصُلُونَ عَلَيْهِ. وَدائِماً يُدَبِّرُونَ المَكائِدَ لِلحُصُولِ عَلَيهِ.

Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;

8 ب ِالنّاسِ يَستَهزِئُونَ وَلِلشَّرِّ يُخَطِّطُونَ. وَمِنْ عَليائِهِمْ يَرسُمُونَ طُرُقاً لِظُلمِ الآخَرِينَ.

They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak.

9 ي َتَحَدَّثُونَ وَكَأنَّهُمْ آلِهَةٌ.

They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.

10 ل ِذَلِكَ، حَتَّى شَعبُ اللهِ يَلجَأُ إلَيْهِمْ طَلَباً لِلعَونِ، وَيَقبَلُ كُلَّ ما يَقُولُونَهُ.

Therefore do His people return hither, And waters of fulness are wrung out to them.

11 ي َقُولُ أُولَئِكَ المُتَكَبِّرُونَ: «لا يَعرِفُ اللهُ ما نَحنُ نَفعَلُهُ.»

And they have said, `How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'

12 ه ا أُولَئِكَ أشرارٌ، لَكِنَّهُمْ أغنِياءٌ وَيَزدادُونَ غِنىً!

Lo, these the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength.

13 ف َلِماذا أظَلُّ مُخلِصاً للهِ؟ وَلِماذا أُبقِي نَفسِي طاهِرَةً؟

Only -- a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,

14 ل ِماذا أُعانِي الوَقتَ كُلَّهُ؟ وَلِماذا أحتَمِلُ التَّأنِيبَ كُلَّ صَباحٍ؟

And I am plagued all the day, And my reproof every morning.

15 ل َكِنْ لَوْ قَرَّرتُ أنْ أتَحَدَّثَ هَكَذا، لَكُنتُ قَدْ خُنْتُ شَعبَكَ.

If I have said, `I recount thus,' Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived.

16 ج اهِداً حاوَلتُ أنْ أفهَمَ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ، لَكِنَّ فَهمَها صَعبٌ كَثِيراً عَلَيَّ.

And I think to know this, Perverseness it in mine eyes,

17 ا ستَصْعَبْتُ فَهمَها إلَى أنْ دَخَلْتُ هَيكَلَكَ. عِندَئِذٍ فَهِمتُ أخِيراً!

Till I come in to the sanctuaries of God, I attend to their latter end.

18 أ نتَ وَضَعتَهُمْ يا اللهُ فِي وَضعٍ خَطِرٍ! وَأعدَدْتَهُمْ لِسُقُوطِهِمْ.

Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations.

19 و َذاتَ يَومٍ سَيَسقُطُونَ دُونَ سابِقِ إنذارٍ. أهوالٌ سَتُصِيبُهُمْ فَيَنتَهِي أمرُهُمْ!

How have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended -- consumed from terrors.

20 س َيَكُونُ هَؤُلاءِ يا رَبُّ كَحُلمٍ نَنساهُ عِندَ الصَّحوِ! سَيَكُونُونَ مُرعِبِينَ كَالوُحُوشِ لَكِنْ فِي كَوابِيسِنا.

As a dream from awakening, O Lord, In awaking, their image Thou despisest.

21 ع ِندَما حَزِنتُ وَانزَعَجْتُ وَأنا أُفَكِّرُ فِي أُولَئِكَ الأغبِياءِ الأشرارِ.

For my heart doth show itself violent, And my reins prick themselves,

22 ك ُنتُ غَبِيّاً حَقّاً عِندَكَ، غَبِيّاً كَالثَّورِ!

And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee.

23 ل َكِنَّنِي بَقِيتُ عَلَى الدَّوامِ مَعَكَ! وَأنتَ تُمسِكُ بِيَدِي.

And I continually with Thee, Thou hast laid hold on my right hand.

24 ب ِنَصائِحِكَ تَقُودُنِي. وَإلَى المَجدِ سَتَأخُذُنِي.

With Thy counsel Thou dost lead me, And after honour dost receive me.

25 ل َيسَ لِي فِي السَّماءِ سِواكَ، وَلا أُرِيدُ عَلَى الأرْضِ غَيرَكَ.

Whom have I in the heavens? And with Thee none I have desired in earth.

26 ق َدْ يَضعُفُ جَسَدِي وَعَقلِي، لَكِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ قُوَّتِي وَهَوَ حِصَّتِي إلَى الأبَدِ!

Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion God to the age.

27 ل َكِنَّ البَعِيدِينَ عَنكَ سَيُبادُونَ. وَسَتُهلِكُ غَيرَ المُخلِصِينَ لَكَ.

For, lo, those far from Thee do perish, Thou hast cut off every one, Who is going a whoring from Thee.

28 أ مّا أنا فَيَطِيبُ لِي قُربُكَ. فِي الرَّبِّ الإلَهِ وَضَعتُ ثِقَتِي، وَسَأخبِرُ بِكُلِّ صَنائِعِكَ!

And I -- nearness of God to me good, I have placed in the Lord Jehovah my refuge, To recount all Thy works!