1 ي ا رَبُّ كُنتَ لَنا عَلَى الدَّوامِ مَلجأً جِيلاً بَعدَ جِيلٍ.

Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.

2 م ِنْ قَبلِ وِلادَةِ الجِبالِ، مِنْ قَبلِ أنْ تُخلَقَ الأرْضُ وَالعالَمُ. مُنذُ الأزَلِ وَإلَى الأبَدِ، أنتَ اللهُ!

Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

3 أ نتَ تُعِيدُ الإنسانَ إلَى التُّرابِ، وَلِلبَشَرِ تَقُولُ: «عُودُوا.»

You turn man to destruction, And say, “Return, O children of men.”

4 إ نَّ ألفَ سَنَةٍ لَدَيكَ هِيَ كَمُرُورِ يَومٍ واحِدٍ، كَجُزءٍ مِنَ اللَّيلِ حِينَ يَغلِبُ النُّعاسُ.

For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it is past, And like a watch in the night.

5 ت َزُولُ كَأنَّها حُلْمٌ، كَعُشْبٍ يَتَجَدَّدُ عِندَ الصَّباحِ.

You carry them away like a flood; They are like a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up:

6 ف ِي الصَّباحِ يَنمُو وَيَتَجَدَّدُ، وَقَبلَ المَساءِ يَيبَسُ وَيَذوِي.

In the morning it flourishes and grows up; In the evening it is cut down and withers.

7 ه َكَذا نَهلِكُ حِينَ تَغْضَبُ، وَحِينَ تَسْخَطُ نَرْتَعِبُ.

For we have been consumed by Your anger, And by Your wrath we are terrified.

8 ب ِوُضُوحٍ تَرَى كُلَّ آثامِنا. وَخَطايانا الخَفِيَّةُ لا تَخفَى عَلَيكَ.

You have set our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your countenance.

9 ك ُلُّ سَنَواتِنا تَمُرُّ تَحتَ غَضَبِكَ، تَمُرُّ سَنَواتُنا كَفِكْرَةٍ.

For all our days have passed away in Your wrath; We finish our years like a sigh.

10 ن َعِيشُ لِسَبعِينَ سَنَةٍ كَتَنهِيدَةٍ! وَإنْ كُنّا أقوِياءَ، فَرُبَّما ثَمانِينَ. وَأغلَبُ تِلكَ السَّنَواتِ مَلِيئَةٌ بِالتَّعَبِ وَالألَمِ. فَجأةً تَنتَهِي سَنَواتُنا، وَنَحنُ نَطِيرُ!

The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

11 م َنْ يَعرِفُ قُوَّةَ غَضَبِكَ؟ أمْ هَلْ سَنَستَطِيعُ بِتَقوانا أنْ نَتَّقِيَ غَضَبَكَ؟

Who knows the power of Your anger? For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath.

12 ع َلِّمْنا أنْ نُحْصِيَ أيّامَنا القَلِيلَةَ، لِكَي نَحصُلَ عَلَى قُلُوبٍ حَكِيمَةٍ.

So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom.

13 ف َمَتَى سَتَعُودُ يا اللهُ ، وَتُعَزِّي عَبِيدَكَ؟

Return, O Lord! How long? And have compassion on Your servants.

14 أ َشْبِعْنا كُلَّ صَباحٍ بِمَحَبَّتِكَ، وَسَنَبتَهِجُ وَنَفرَحُ كُلَّ أيّامِ حَياتِنا.

Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days!

15 أ َعْطِنا سَنَواتٍ مِنَ السَّعادَةِ بِعَدَدِ ما أعطَيتَنا مِنْ سَنَواتِ الألَمِ وَالضِّيقِ!

Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us, The years in which we have seen evil.

16 د َعْ خُدّامَكَ وَنَسلَهُمْ يَرَوا أعمالَكَ المُهِيبَةَ.

Let Your work appear to Your servants, And Your glory to their children.

17 ف َلْنَعرِفْ نِعمَةَ الرَّبِّ الإلَهِ. وَلْيُدعَمْ وَيُثَبَّتْ ما نَعمَلُ. وَلَيْتَ ما نَفعَلُهُ يُثمِرُ.

And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, And establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands.