1 I said, “I will guard my ways, Lest I sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle, While the wicked are before me.”

قُلْتُ: «سَأُدَقِّقُ فِي كُلِّ ما أفعَلُ. وَسَأحْذَرُ بِأنْ لا أُخْطِئَ فِي ما أقُولُ. سَأُبقِي فَمِي مُغلَقاً وَالشَّرُّ حَولِي.»

2 I was mute with silence, I held my peace even from good; And my sorrow was stirred up.

لِهَذا لَمْ أقُلْ شَيئاً، وَلا حَتَّى شَيئاً حَسَناً. لَكِنِّي ازْدَدْتُ انزِعاجاً!

3 M y heart was hot within me; While I was musing, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:

مِنَ الدّاخِلِ كُنتُ أشتَعِلُ وَكُلَّما تَفَكَّرْتُ فِي ذَلِكَ، ازدَدْتُ اشْتِعالاً، فَتَكَلَّمَ لِسانِي.

4 “ Lord, make me to know my end, And what is the measure of my days, That I may know how frail I am.

يا اللهُ ، قُلْ لِي كَيفَ سَيَنتَهِي الأُمْرُ بِي! كَمْ تَبَقَّى لِي فِي هَذِهِ الحَياةِ؟ عَرِّفْنِي كَمْ قَصِيرٌ هُوَ عُمْرِي!

5 I ndeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my age is as nothing before You; Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah

ها قَدْ جَعَلْتَ عُمرِي قَصِيراً، بِالشِّبْرِ يُقاسُ. وَعُمرِي القَصِيرُ لَيسَ شَيئاً بِالقِياسِ بِكَ. وَحَياةُ الإنسانِ أشْبَهُ بِغَيمَةِ بُخارٍ زائِلَةٍ. سِلاهْ

6 S urely every man walks about like a shadow; Surely they busy themselves in vain; He heaps up riches, And does not know who will gather them.

الإنسانُ مُجَرَّدُ ظِلٍّ. نَندَفِعُ بِسُرعَةٍ مَحمُومَةٍ جامِعِينَ أشياءَ لا نَدرِي لِمَنْ سَتَكُونُ.

7 “ And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.

فَأيُّ رَجاءٍ لِي يا رَبُّ؟ رَجائِي هُوَ أنتَ!

8 D eliver me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.

مِنْ عَواقِبِ مَعاصِيَّ أنْقِذْنِي. لا تَجْعَلْنِي أُخْزَى كَالجاهِلِ.

9 I was mute, I did not open my mouth, Because it was You who did it.

سَأكُونُ كَالأخرَسِ، لَنْ أفتَحَ فَمِي. لِأنَّكَ أنتَ مَنْ فَعَلَ هَذا بِي!

10 R emove Your plague from me; I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.

ارفَعْ عِقابَكَ عَنِّي! قُوَّةُ يَدِكَ أهلَكَتْنِي.

11 W hen with rebukes You correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth; Surely every man is vapor. Selah

أنتَ تُوَبِّخُ النّاسَ عَلَى ذَنبِهِمْ لِتُعَلِّمَهُمُ. كَقُماشٍ أكَلَهُ العَثُّ تَختَفِي مُشْتَهَياتُ النّاسِ. حَياةُ الإنسانِ هِيَ كَبُخارٍ حَقّاً. سِلاهْ

12 “ Hear my prayer, O Lord, And give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.

اسْمَعْ صَلاتِي يا اللهُ ، وَإلَى صُراخِي أَصْغِ. لا تَتَجاهَلْ دُمُوعِي. فَما أنا إلّا غَرِيبٌ عِندَكَ. كَجَمِيعِ آبائِي، أنا نَزِيلٌ هُنا.

13 R emove Your gaze from me, that I may regain strength, Before I go away and am no more.”

كُفَّ عَنِّي وَدَعْنِي أسعَدْ، قَبلَ أنْ أمُوتَ وَأختَفِيَ!