1 ل ِماذا أدَرْتَ ظَهرَكَ يا اللهُ لَنا هَذِهِ الفَترَةَ الطَّوِيلَةَ؟ لِماذا اتَّقَدَ غَضَبُكَ عَلَى رَعِيَّتِكَ؟

O God, why have You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?

2 ا ذْكُرِ النّاسَ الَّذِينَ اشتَرَيتَهُمْ مُنذُ القَدِيمِ! اذْكُرِ النّاسَ الَّذِينَ فَدَيتَهُمْ وَامتَلَكتَهُمْ! اذْكُرْ جَبَلَ صِهْيَوْنَ. حَيثُ تسكُنُ!

Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, The tribe of Your inheritance, which You have redeemed— This Mount Zion where You have dwelt.

3 ف َامشِ عَبرَ الآثارِ القَدِيمَةِ. وَارجِعْ إلَى الهَيكَلِ الَّذِي حَطَّمَهُ العَدُّوُّ.

Lift up Your feet to the perpetual desolations. The enemy has damaged everything in the sanctuary.

4 أ طلَقَ العَدُّوُّ صَيحاتِ الحَربِ فِي مَكانِ اجتِماعِكَ المُقَدَّسِ. وَرَفَعُوا أعلامَهُمْ عَلامَةً عَلَى انتِصارِهِمْ.

Your enemies roar in the midst of Your meeting place; They set up their banners for signs.

5 ض َرَبُوهُ مِثلَ حَطّابٍ يَرفَعُ مِعوَلَهُ لِيَقطَعَ الشُّجَيراتِ الكَثِيفَةَ بِفَأْسٍ.

They seem like men who lift up Axes among the thick trees.

6 و َالآنَ يُحَطِّمُونَ الألواحَ الخَشَبِيَّةَ المَنقُوشَةَ بِالبَلطاتِ وَالمَعاوِلِ.

And now they break down its carved work, all at once, With axes and hammers.

7 أ حرَقُوا هَيكَلَكَ وَسَوُّوهُ بِالأرْضِ، وَدَنَّسُوا مَسْكَنَ اسْمِكَ.

They have set fire to Your sanctuary; They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to the ground.

8 ق الُوا لِأنفُسِهِمْ، «لِنَسْحَقْهُمْ جَمِيعاً.» وَحَرَقُوا كُلَّ مَعابِدِ اللهِ.

They said in their hearts, “Let us destroy them altogether.” They have burned up all the meeting places of God in the land.

9 ل ا نَرَى إشاراتِ نِيرانِنا. ما عادَ هُناكَ أنبِياءُ! وَلا نَدرِي ما الَّذِي يَحدُثُ!

We do not see our signs; There is no longer any prophet; Nor is there any among us who knows how long.

10 ي ا اللهُ، حَتَّى مَتَى سَيَظَلُّ العَدُّوُّ يَهزَأُ بِكَ؟ هَلْ إلَى الأبَدِ سَيَظَلُّ يُهِينُكَ؟

O God, how long will the adversary reproach? Will the enemy blaspheme Your name forever?

11 ل ِماذا حَجَزتَ قُوَّتَكَ؟ أَظْهِرْها وَحَطِّمْهُمْ جَمِيعاً!

Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand? Take it out of Your bosom and destroy them.

12 م َلِكِي هُوَ اللهُ مُنذُ القَدِيمِ! يُخَلِّصُ شَعبَهُ وَيَنْصُرُهُمْ فِي أرْضِهِ!

For God is my King from of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.

13 ب ِقُوَّتِكَ شَطَرْتَ البَحرَ الأحمَرَ. سَحَقتَ رَأسَ وُحُوشِ البَحرِ الجَبّارَةِ.

You divided the sea by Your strength; You broke the heads of the sea serpents in the waters.

14 ه َشَّمتَ رَأسَ لَوياثانَ، وَأطعَمْتَ جَسَدَهُ لِلنّاسِ وَلِوُحُوشِ الأرْضِ.

You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces, And gave him as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

15 أ نتَ تَجعَلُ اليَنابِيعَ وَالأودِيَةَ تَفيضُ وَتَجرِي، وَتُجَفِّفُ الأنهارَ المُندَفِعَةَ.

You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up mighty rivers.

16 ا لنَّهارُ وَاللَّيلُ لَكَ كِلاهُما. أنتَ خَلَقتَ القَمَرَ وَالشَّمسَ.

The day is Yours, the night also is Yours; You have prepared the light and the sun.

17 أ نتَ وَضَعتَ كُلَّ الحُدُودِ عَلَى الأرْضِ. وَشَكَّلتَ الصَّيفَ وَالشِّتاءَ!

You have set all the borders of the earth; You have made summer and winter.

18 ا ذْكُرْ يا اللهُ استِهزاءَ العَدُّوِّ، وَكَيفَ يَلعَنُ الشَّعبُ الأحْمَقُ اسمَكَ.

Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O Lord, And that a foolish people has blasphemed Your name.

19 ل ا تَدَعِ الوُحُوشَ تَقتُلْ يَمامَتَكَ، لا تَنسَ شَعبَكَ المِسكِينَ إلَى الأبَدِ.

Oh, do not deliver the life of Your turtledove to the wild beast! Do not forget the life of Your poor forever.

20 ا ذْكُرْ عَهدَكَ مَعَنا وَاحمِنا! هُناكَ عُنفٌ وَظُلْمٌ فِي كُلِّ زاوِيَةٍ مُظلِمَةٍ فِي أرْضِنا!

Have respect to the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the haunts of cruelty.

21 ل ا تَدعِ المَسحُوقِينَ يَعُودُونَ خائِبِينَ. بَلْ دَعِ المَساكِينَ وَالمُحتاجِينَ يُسَبِّحُوا اسْمَكَ!

Oh, do not let the oppressed return ashamed! Let the poor and needy praise Your name.

22 ه َيّا يا اللهُ، حارِبْ حَربَكَ. اذكُرْ تَعْيِيرَ هَؤُلاءِ الحَمقَى لَكَ طُولَ اليَومِ.

Arise, O God, plead Your own cause; Remember how the foolish man reproaches You daily.

23 ل ا تَنْسَ صَيْحاتِ أعدائِكَ، وَصَخَبَ الَّذِينَ يَقُومُونَ عَلَيكَ دائِماً. «لِقائِدِ المُرَنِّمِينَ» عَلَى لَحنِ «لا تُهلِكْ.»

Do not forget the voice of Your enemies; The tumult of those who rise up against You increases continually.