1 ¶ Do not hold thy peace, O God of my praise;

يا اللهُ، يا مَنْ إيّاهُ أُسَبِّحُ، أجِبْنِي وَلا تَسكُتْ!

2 f or the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me; they have spoken of me with a lying tongue.

فَقَدِ افتَرَى عَلَيَّ أشرارٌ مُخادِعُونَ. بِالأكاذِيبِ تَكَلَّمُوا عَلَيَّ.

3 T hey compassed me about with words of hatred and fought against me without a cause.

بِألسِنَتِهِمْ هاجَمُونِي، وَقالُوا عَلَيَّ أشياءَ بَغِيضَةً، وَيُحارِبُونَنِي بِلا سَبَبٍ.

4 T hey have responded to my love by becoming my adversaries, but I give myself unto prayer.

كافَأُوا مَحَبَّتِي بِالعَداوَةِ. وَها أنا الآنَ أُصَلِّي إلَيكَ يا اللهُ.

5 A nd they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

صَنَعُوا مَعِي شَرّاً مُقابِلَ الخَيرِ، بِالبُغضِ قابَلُوا مَحَبَّتِي.

6 ¶ Set thou the wicked man over him, and let Satan stand at his right hand.

قالُوا: «عَيِّنُوا رَجُلاً شِرِّيراً يُدافِعُ عَنهُ، فَيَكُونُ مُقاوِماً لَهُ يَقِفُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ.

7 W hen he shall be judged, let him be condemned, and let his prayer become sin.

لِيُوجَدَ مُذنِباً حِينَ يُحاكَمُ، وَلِتُستَخدَمَ صَلاتُهُ ضِدَّهُ!

8 L et his days be few, and let another take his office.

وَهَكَذا تُقطَعُ حَياتُهُ قَبلَ أوانِها، وَيُشغِلُ وَظِيفَتَهُ شَخصٌ آخَرٌ.

9 L et his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.

لِيُصْبِحْ أولادُهُ يَتامَى، وَلْتَتَرَمَّلْ زَوجَتُهُ.

10 L et his children be continually vagabonds and beg; let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.

لِيَتَنَقَّلْ أبناؤُهُ مِنْ مَكانٍ إلَى مَكانٍ مُتَسَوِّلِينَ، وَليُطرَدُوا مِنْ مَسكَنِهِمُ الخَرِبِ!

11 L et the extortioner catch all that he has, and let the strangers spoil his labour.

لِيْتَ مُقرِضِيهِ يَأخُذُونَ كُلَّ ما لَهُ، وَلَيتَ الغُرَباءَ يَنهَبُونَ كُلَّ ما تَعِبَ فِيهِ.

12 L et there be no one to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

لَيْتَ أحَداً لا يَرحَمُهُ، وَلَيْتَهُ لا يُوجَدُ مَنْ يُشفِقُ عَلَى أبنائِهِ اليَتامَى.

13 L et his posterity be cut off, and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

لِيُقطَعْ نَسلُهُ، وَيَمحَ ذِكْرُ اسْمِهِ فِي الجِيلِ التّالِي.

14 L et the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

لَيْتَ اللهَ يُذَكَّرُ دائِماً بِخَطيَّةِ آبائِهِ، وَلَيْتَ خَطايا أُمِّهِ لا تُمحَى أبَداً.

15 L et them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

لَيْتَ هَذِهِ الخَطايا تَكُونُ أمامَ اللهِ دائِماً، وَلَيْتَ كُلَّ ذِكرَى لَها عَلَى الأرْضِ تُنسَى.

16 B ecause he did not remember to show mercy but persecuted the man who is poor in spirit and destitute and broken in heart, that he might slay him.

فَهُوَ لَمْ يُفَكِّرْ يَوماً أنْ يُبدِيَ لُطفاً، بَلِ اضطَهَدَ المَساكِينَ الفُقَراءَ وَطارَدَ المُنسَحِقِينَ حَتَّى المَوتِ.

17 A s he loved the curse, so let it come unto him; as he delighted not in the blessing, so let it be far from him.

أحَبَّ أنْ يَلعَنَ الآخَرِينَ، فَلْتُصِبهُ هُوَ هَذِهِ اللَّعَناتُ. لَمْ يُحِبَّ أنْ يَتَبارَكَ النّاسُ، فَلَيْتَهُ لا يَرَى البَرَكاتِ.

18 A s he clothed himself with the curse like as with his garment, and it entered into his bowels like water and like oil into his bones.

لَبِسَ اللَّعَناتِ كَثِيابٍ، فَلْتَكُنْ هَذِهِ اللَّعَناتُ الماءَ الَّذِي يَشرَبُهُ، وَالطَّعامَ الَّذِي يُسَمِّنُ بِهِ عِظامَهُ!

19 L et it be unto him as the garment which covers him and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

لَيْتَها تَكُونُ عَلَى الدَّوامِ ثِياباً لَهُ، وَحِزاماً يَشُدُّهُ حَولَ خَصْرِهِ.»

20 L et this be the reward from the LORD of those who spoke falsely against me and of those that speak evil against my soul.

لَيتَ اللهَ يَفعَلُ كُلَّ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ بِمَنْ يَتَّهِمُونَنِي، لِمَنْ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِالشَّرِّ عَلَيَّ.

21 ¶ And thou, O GOD the Lord, do unto me for thy name’s sake; because thy mercy is good, deliver me.

أمّا أنتَ أيُّها الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ ، فَافعَلْ بِي ما يُمَجِّدُ اسْمَكَ. أنقِذنِي حَسَبَ صَلاحِ مَحَبَّتِكَ الصّادِقَةِ وَرَحمَتِكَ.

22 F or I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

فَأنا مِسكِينٌ فَقِيرٌ! قُوَّتِي وَشَجاعَتِي مَيِّتَتانِ.

23 I am gone like the shadow when it declines; I am tossed up and down by the wind as the locust.

وَصَلَتْ حَياتِي إلَى نِهايَتِها، كَظِلِّ زائِلٍ، كَحَشَرَةٍ مَطرُودَةٍ!

24 M y knees are weak through fasting, and my flesh fails for lack of fatness.

رُكبَتايَ تَضعُفانِ مِنَ الجُوعِ. جِسمِي يَنقُصُ وَزنُهُ وَيَهزَلُ.

25 I have become a reproach unto them; when they looked upon me they shook their heads.

يَحتَقِرُونَنِي، يَنظُرُونَ إلَيَّ وَيَهُزُّونَ رُؤُوسَهُمْ.

26 H elp me, O LORD my God; O save me according to thy mercy,

أعِنِّي يا اللهُ. أنقِذْنِي، يا اللهُ ، حَسَبَ مَحَبَّتِكَ.

27 t hat they may know that this is thy hand, that thou, O LORD, hast done it.

فَعِندَئِذٍ يَعلَمُونَ أنَّ قُوَّتَكَ، يا اللهُ ، هِيَ الَّتِي خَلَّصَتنِي.

28 L et them curse, but bless thou; when they arise, let them be ashamed, but let thy slave rejoice.

عِندَما يُطلِقُونَ لَعنَةً، حَوِّلْها إلَى بَرَكَةٍ! وَعِندَما يُهاجِمُونَنِي أخْزِهِمْ. وَلَيتَ عَبدَكَ يَفرَحُ.

29 L et those who speak evil against me falsely be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion as with a mantle.

لَيتَ المُشْتَكِينَ عَلَيَّ يَلبِسُونَ خِزيَهُمْ كَثَوبٍ وَذُلَّهُمْ كَمِعطَفٍ.

30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

بِفَمِي أشكُرُ اللهَ كَثِيراً، وَفِي الاجتِماعِ العَظِيمِ أُسَبِّحُهُ.

31 F or he shall stand at the right hand of the poor in spirit to save his soul from those that judge him.

فَهُوَ يَأخُذُ بِيَمِينِ المَساكِينِ، لِيُنصِفَهُمْ مِنَ الَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ لَهُمْ حُكْمَ المَوتِ.