1 O God of my praise, Do not be silent!

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

2 F or they have opened the wicked and deceitful mouth against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

فَقَدِ افتَرَى عَلَيَّ أشرارٌ مُخادِعُونَ. بِالأكاذِيبِ تَكَلَّمُوا عَلَيَّ.

3 T hey have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without cause.

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

4 I n return for my love they act as my accusers; But I am in prayer.

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

5 T hus they have repaid me evil for good And hatred for my love.

صَنَعُوا مَعِي شَرّاً مُقابِلَ الخَيرِ، بِالبُغضِ قابَلُوا مَحَبَّتِي.

6 A ppoint a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand.

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

7 W hen he is judged, let him come forth guilty, And let his prayer become sin.

لِيُوجَدَ مُذنِباً حِينَ يُحاكَمُ، وَلِتُستَخدَمَ صَلاتُهُ ضِدَّهُ!

8 L et his days be few; 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 wander about and beg; And let them seek sustenance far from their ruined homes.

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

11 L et the creditor seize all that he has, And let strangers plunder the product of his labor.

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

12 L et there be none to extend lovingkindness to him, Nor any to be gracious to his fatherless children.

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

13 L et his posterity be cut off; In a following generation let their name be blotted out.

لِيُقطَعْ نَسلُهُ، وَيَمحَ ذِكْرُ اسْمِهِ فِي الجِيلِ التّالِي.

14 L et the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord, And do not let 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 their memory 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 lovingkindness, But persecuted the afflicted and needy man, And the despondent in heart, to put them to death.

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

17 H e also loved cursing, so it came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.

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

18 B ut he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, And it entered into his body 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 to him as a garment with which he covers himself, And for a belt with which he constantly girds himself.

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

20 L et this be the reward of my accusers from the Lord, And of those who speak evil against my soul.

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

21 B ut You, O God, the Lord, deal kindly with me for Your name’s sake; Because Your lovingkindness 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 afflicted and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.

فَأنا مِسكِينٌ فَقِيرٌ! قُوَّتِي وَشَجاعَتِي مَيِّتَتانِ.

23 I am passing like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like the locust.

وَصَلَتْ حَياتِي إلَى نِهايَتِها، كَظِلِّ زائِلٍ، كَحَشَرَةٍ مَطرُودَةٍ!

24 M y knees are weak from fasting, And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.

رُكبَتايَ تَضعُفانِ مِنَ الجُوعِ. جِسمِي يَنقُصُ وَزنُهُ وَيَهزَلُ.

25 I also have become a reproach to them; When they see me, they wag their head.

يَحتَقِرُونَنِي، يَنظُرُونَ إلَيَّ وَيَهُزُّونَ رُؤُوسَهُمْ.

26 H elp me, O Lord my God; Save me according to Your lovingkindness.

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

27 A nd let them know that this is Your hand; You, Lord, have done it.

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

28 L et them curse, but You bless; When they arise, they shall be ashamed, But Your servant shall be glad.

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

29 L et my accusers be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

لَيتَ المُشْتَكِينَ عَلَيَّ يَلبِسُونَ خِزيَهُمْ كَثَوبٍ وَذُلَّهُمْ كَمِعطَفٍ.

30 W ith my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the Lord; And in the midst of many I will praise Him.

بِفَمِي أشكُرُ اللهَ كَثِيراً، وَفِي الاجتِماعِ العَظِيمِ أُسَبِّحُهُ.

31 F or He stands at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul.

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