1 ¶ Why dost thou stand afar off, O LORD? Why dost thou hide thyself in times of trouble?

لِماذا، يا اللهُ ، تَبقَى بَعِيداً هَكَذا، صامِتاً فِي زَمانِ الضِّيقِ؟

2 T he wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

يُخَطِّطُ الأشْرارُ المُتَكَبِّرُونَ للشَّرِّ. وَيَسقُطُ المَساكِينُ فِي فَخِّ مَكائِدِ الأشرارِ.

3 F or the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD abhors.

حَقّاً يَفتَخِرُ الأشْرارُ بِرَغَباتِهِمِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ لِلَّذّاتِ. وَالجَشِعُونَ يَلْعَنُونَ وَيَحتَقِرُونَ اللهَ.

4 T he wicked, through the pride of his countenance, does not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

عِندَما يَغْضَبُ الأشْرارُ، فَإنَّهُمْ لا يَطلُبُونَ فِي تَكَبُّرِهِمْ مَشُورَةَ اللهِ. لا مَكانَ للهِ فِي خُطَطِهِمْ.

5 H is ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his enemies, he puffs at them.

يَفعَلُ الأشْرارُ دَوْماً أُمُوراً مُلتَوِيَةً. وَهُمْ لا يَرَوْنَ أحكامُكَ وَتَعلِيمَكَ. لَكِنَّكَ تَسْخَرُ بِهِمْ.

6 H e has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, for I shall never be in adversity.

يَقُولُونَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ إنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَفشَلُوا، وَلَنْ يَحدُثَ لَهُمْ سُوءٌ أبَداً.

7 H is mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

أفواهُهُمْ مَملوءَةٌ بِاللَّعَناتِ وَالمَكرِ وَالتَّهدِيدِ، وَتَحتَ ألسِنَتِهِمْ شَقاءٌ وَشَرٌّ.

8 H e sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places he murders the innocent: his eyes are secretly set against the poor.

يَكمُنُونَ فِي الأزِقَّةِ لِيَغتالُوا الأبرِياءَ. يَقبَعُونَ فِي السِّرِّ مُتَرَقِّبِينَ مُرُورَ المَسْكِينِ.

9 H e lies in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to catch the poor: he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

يَكمُنُونَ كَأسَدٍ فِي عَرِينِهِ. يَختَبِئُونَ لِيُمسِكُوا بِالمَساكِينِ. لِيُمسِكُوهُمْ وَيَجُرُّوهُمْ فِي شَبَكَتِهِمْ.

10 H e crouches and hides himself, and many are those who fall under his power.

يَنطَرِحُ المَساكِينُ أيضاً مِنْ بَطشِ الأشرارِ.

11 H e has said in his heart, God has forgotten; he hides his face; he will never see it.

يَقُولُ المَساكِين فِي أنفُسِهِمْ: «اللهُ نَسِيَنا. يَتَجاهَلُنا وَلا يَرَى ما يَحدُثُ لَنا.»

12 ¶ Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand; forget not the humble.

قُمْ يا اللهُ. ارفَعْ يَدَكَ لِتُعاقِبَهُمْ. لا تَنْسَ المَساكِينَ.

13 I n what does the wicked irritate God? He has said in his heart, Thou wilt not require accountability.

لِماذا يُهِينُ الشِّريرُ اللهَ وَيَقُولُ لِنَفْسِهِ: «لَنْ يُحاسِبَنِي اللهُ عَلَى ما فَعَلْتُ»؟

14 T hou hast seen it, for thou dost behold mischief and spite to requite it with thy hand: the poor commits himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

لَكِنَّكَ تَرَى يا اللهُ ما يَحدُثُ. تَرَى كُلَّ الضِّيقِ وَالألَمِ! وَتَمُدُّ يَدَكَ لِتُساعِدَ البُؤَساءَ. أنتَ مُعِينُ مَنْ لا مُعِينَ لَهُ!

15 B reak thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man; seek out his wickedness until thou find none.

اكسِرْ يا اللهُ ذِراعَ الشِّرِّيرِ! حَطِّمْ ما فَعَلَهُ مِنْ شَرٍّ فَلا يَبقَى لَهُ أثَرٌ!

16 T he LORD is King for ever and ever; the Gentiles are perished out of his land.

اللهُ مَلِكٌ إلَى أبَدِ الآبِدِينَ! وَسَتُقطَعُ الأُمَمُ الشِّرِّيرَةُ مِنْ أرْضِهِ!

17 L ORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart; thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

اسْمَعْ يا اللهُ مَطلَبَ المَساكِينِ المُتَّضِعِينَ. شَجِّعْهُمْ! اسْتَمِعْ إلَى صَلَواتِهِمْ.

18 t o judge the fatherless and the oppressed that the man of the earth may no longer oppress.

أنصِفِ الأيتامَ وَالمُضطَهَدِينَ، فَلا يَعُودُ الإنْسانُ، الّذِي هُوَ مِنَ الأرْضِ، يُرْعِبُهُمْ.