1 W e have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, The deeds You did in their days, In days of old:

بِآذانِنا سَمِعنا يا اللهُ. آباؤُنا حَكُوا لَنا، حَدَّثُونا عَنْ أعمالِكَ الَّتِي عَمِلْتَ فِي أيّامِهِمْ مُنذُ القَدِيمِ.

2 Y ou drove out the nations with Your hand, But them You planted; You afflicted the peoples, and cast them out.

طَرَدْتَ الأُمَمَ الوَثَنِيَّةَ بِيَدِكَ قَلَعْتَهُمْ مِنَ الأرْضِ وَأعطَيتَها لَنا.

3 F or they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, Nor did their own arm save them; But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, Because You favored them.

أخبَرُونا أنَّ سُيُوفَهُمْ وَقُوَّةَ سَواعِدِهُمْ لَمْ تَضمَنْ لَهُمُ النَّصرَ وَالأرْضَ. بَلْ قُوَّتُكَ وَحُضُورُكَ صَنَعا ذَلِكَ، لأنَّكَ رَضِيتَ عَنهُمْ.

4 Y ou are my King, O God; Command victories for Jacob.

أنتَ مَلِكِي يا اللهُ. فَمُرْ بانتِصارِ يَعقُوبَ.

5 T hrough You we will push down our enemies; Through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us.

باسمِكَ وَقُوَّتِكَ نَطرَحُ مَنْ يُقاوِمُونَنا أرْضاً وَنَدُوسُهُمْ.

6 F or I will not trust in my bow, Nor shall my sword save me.

لأنِّي لا أَتَّكِلُ عَلَى قَوسِي، وَسَيفِي لا يَنصُرُنِي.

7 B ut You have saved us from our enemies, And have put to shame those who hated us.

بلْ أنتَ، أنتَ تَنصُرُنا عَلَى أعدائِنا. أنتَ مَنْ يُخزِي كارِهِينا!

8 I n God we boast all day long, And praise Your name forever. Selah

سَبَّحْنا اللهَ طَوالَ اليَومِ، وَإلَى الأبَدِ نُسَبِّحُ اسْمَكَ. سِلاهْ

9 B ut You have cast us off and put us to shame, And You do not go out with our armies.

لَكِنَّكَ تَخَلَّيْتَ عَنّا وَأخْزَيْتَنا. وَرَفَضتَ أنْ تَخْرُجَ إلَى الحَرْبِ مَعَنا!

10 Y ou make us turn back from the enemy, And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.

جَعَلْتَنا نَفِرُّ مِنْ أمامِ العُدُوِّ، فَأخَذَ مُبغِضُونا الغَنائِمَ.

11 Y ou have given us up like sheep intended for food, And have scattered us among the nations.

جَعَلْتَنا كَغَنَمٍ لِلذَّبحِ، وَشَتَّتَّنا بَينَ الغُرَباءِ!

12 Y ou sell Your people for next to nothing, And are not enriched by selling them.

بِعْتَ شَعبَكَ كَالعَبِيدِ بِثَمَنٍ زَهِيدٍ! وَلَمْ تَسْعَ لِرَفْعِ ثَمَنِهِمْ!

13 Y ou make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those all around us.

رَأى جِيرانُنا ما فَعَلْتَ بِنا، وَها هُمْ يَهزَأُونَ بِنا وَعَلَينا يَضحَكُونَ!

14 Y ou make us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.

جَعَلْتَنا أُضحُوكَةً عِندَ الشُّعُوبِ المُجاوِرَةِ. يَستَهزِئُونَ بِنا وَيَهُزُّونَ رُؤُوسَهُمْ.

15 M y dishonor is continually before me, And the shame of my face has covered me,

أُواجِهُ خِزْيِي طَوالَ اليَومِ فَأُغَطِّي وَجهِي،

16 B ecause of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles, Because of the enemy and the avenger.

عِندَ سُخْرِيَةِ وَإهانَةِ العَدُوِّ السّاعِي إلَى الانتِقامِ مِنِّي.

17 A ll this has come upon us; But we have not forgotten You, Nor have we dealt falsely with Your covenant.

أنتَ فَعَلْتَ هَذا كُلَّهُ يا اللهُ، رُغْمَ أنَّنا ما نَسَيناكَ وَلَمْ نَكسِرْ عَهدَكَ.

18 O ur heart has not turned back, Nor have our steps departed from Your way;

لَمْ نُبعِدْ قُلُوبَنا عَنكَ! وَلا تَوَقَّفنا عَنِ السَّيرِ وَراءَكَ!

19 B ut You have severely broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.

لَكِنَّكَ سَحَقتَنا فِي أرْضِ الأفاعِي، وَغَطَّيْتَنا بِظُلمَةٍ حالِكَةٍ كَالمَوتِ.

20 I f we had forgotten the name of our God, Or stretched out our hands to a foreign god,

لَو نَسِينا اسْمَ إلَهِنا وَرَفَعْنا أيدِينا بِالدُّعاءِ لإلَهٍ مُزَيَّفٍ،

21 W ould not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

فَسَتَعلَمُ ذَلِكَ، لأنَّكَ تَعرِفُ أسرارَ قُلُوبِنا.

22 Y et for Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

لانَّنا مِنْ أجلِكَ نُواجِهُ خَطَرَ المَوتِ طَوالَ النَّهارِ. وَنَحنُ مَحسُوبُونَ كَغَنَمٍ لِلذَّبحِ.

23 A wake! Why do You sleep, O Lord? Arise! Do not cast us off forever.

استَيقِظْ، لِماذا تَنامُ يا رَبُّ؟ قُمْ وَلا تَترُكنا إلَى الأبَدِ!

24 W hy do You hide Your face, And forget our affliction and our oppression?

لِماذا تَختَفِي عَنّا؟ لا تَتَجاهَلْ مُعاناتَنا وَاضطِهادَنا.

25 F or our soul is bowed down to the dust; Our body clings to the ground.

إلَى الوَحلِ دُفِعَتْ نُفُوسُنا وَبُطُونُنا التَصَقَتْ فِي التُّرابِ.

26 A rise for our help, And redeem us for Your mercies’ sake.

قُمْ، سارِعْ إلَى عَونِنا، أنقِذْنا بِسَبَبِ رَحْمَتِكَ الدّائِمَةِ.