1 T o the Overseer with stringed instruments. -- An instruction, by David. Give ear, O God, my prayer, And hide not from my supplication.

إلَى صَلاتِي استَمِعْ يا اللهُ. وَلا تَتَجاهَلِ استِرحامِي.

2 A ttend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise,

استَمِعْ لِي وَاسْتَجِبْ بِالأنِينِ أعرِضُ أمامَكَ كَلامِي.

3 B ecause of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.

صَوتُ خَصمِي أفزَعَنِي، وَذَلِكَ الشِّرِّيرُ صَرَخَ عَلَيَّ! بِفَظائِعَ يَتَّهِمُونَنِي، وَبِأُمُورٍ سَيِّئَةٍ جِدّاً، وَيُخاصِمُونَنِي فِي غَضَبٍ.

4 M y heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me.

يَخفِقُ قَلبِي داخِلِي بِقُوَّةٍ وَأنا خائِفٌ مِنَ المَوتِ.

5 F ear and trembling come in to me, And horror doth cover me.

تَمَلَّكَنِي خَوفٌ وَارتِعادٌ، وَغَمَرَنِي الرُّعبُ.

6 A nd I say, `Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest,

لَيتَ لِي جَناحَينِ كَاليَمامَةِ فَأطِيرَ بَعِيداً وَأجِدَ مَكانَ راحَةٍ.

7 L o, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. Selah.

لَيتَنِي اذْهَبُ بَعِيداً، أتَوَغَّلُ فِي الصَّحراءِ وَأُقِيمُ فِيها. سِلاهْ

8 I hasten escape for myself, From a rushing wind, from a whirlwind.

كُنتُ سَأندَفِعُ إلَى مَكانِ النَّجاةِ، وَأهرُبُ مِنْ عاصِفَةِ الضِّيقِ.

9 S wallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.

أفسِدْ مَكائِدَهُمْ يا رَبُّ، وَفَرِّقْ آراءَهُمْ. فِي المَدِينَةِ أرَى عُنفاً

10 B y day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness in its midst,

وَخِصاماً يُحِيطانِ بِها لَيلَ نَهارٍ، وَيَملآنِها بِجَرائِمَ وَمَشَقّاتٍ.

11 M ischiefs in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street.

فِي الشَّوارِعِ إثمٌ كَثِيرٌ. وَالنّاسُ يَكذِبُونَ وَيَغِشُّونَ فِي كُلِّ مَكانٍ!

12 F or an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear, He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him.

لَو كانَ الَّذِي يَحتَقِرُنِي عَدُوّاً، لاحتَمَلْتُ. وَلَو كانَ الَّذِي يُهاجِمُنِي خَصماً، لاخْتَبَأتُ.

13 B ut thou, a man -- as mine equal, My familiar friend, and mine acquaintance.

لَكِنَّهُ أنتَ، رَفِيقِي وَزَمِيلِي وَصاحِبِي. أنتَ مَنْ يَحتَقِرُنِي وَيُهاجِمُنِي!

14 W hen together we sweeten counsel, Into the house of God we walk in company.

كُنّا نَستَمتِعُ بِأحادِيثِنا مَعاً، وَنَحنُ نَتَمَشَّى مَعاً بَينَ الجُمُوعِ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ.

15 D esolations upon them, They go down Sheol -- alive, For wickedness in their dwelling, in their midst.

لَيْتَ المَوتَ يُفاجِئُ أعدائِي! لَيْتَ الأرْضَ تَنفَتِحُ وَتَبتَلِعُهُمْ أحياءً. لأنَّهُمْ يَفعَلُونَ مِثلَ هَذِهِ الشُّرُورَ فِي بُيُوتِهِمْ.

16 I -- to God I call, and Jehovah saveth me.

أمّا أنا فَأستَنجِدُ بِاللهِ. وَاللهُ سَيُنجِدُنِي!

17 E vening, and morning, and noon, I meditate, and make a noise, and He heareth my voice,

لَيلاً وَصَباحاً وَظُهراً أُصَلِّي، وَهُوَ لِصَلاتِي يَستَجِيبُ.

18 H e hath ransomed in peace my soul From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with me.

مَعارِكَ كَثِيرَةً حارَبْتُ، وَدائِماً أنقَذَنِي اللهُ. وَأعادَنِي سالِماً.

19 G od doth hear and afflict them, And He sitteth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, and fear not God,

سَيَسمَعُنِي اللهُ، المَلِكُ مُنذُ القَدِيمِ، وَسَيُعاقِبُ أعدائِي. سِلاهْ لَكِنَّهُمْ لا يُرِيدُونَ أنْ يَتَغَيَّرُوا، وَلا يَخافُونَ اللهَ.

20 H e hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant.

فَقَدْ هاجَمُوا الَّذِينَ سالَمُوهُمْ، وَتَراجَعُوا عَنْ وُعُودِهِمْ.

21 S weeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they drawn.

هُمْ مُتَحَدِّثُونَ لُطَفاءُ، لَكِنَّ قُلُوبَهُمْ تُخَطِّطُ لِلحَربِ. كَلِماتُهُمْ مَلساءُ كَالزَّيتِ، وَهِيَ تَقطَعُ كَالسَّكاكِينِ الحادَّةِ.

22 C ast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.

ارمِ أحمالَكَ عَلَى اللهِ. وَهُوَ سَيَهتَمُّ بِكَ. لا يَسمَحُ بِأنْ يَنْزَلِقَ التَّقِيُّ وَيَقَعَ.

23 A nd Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I -- I do trust in Thee!

أمّا أنتَ يا اللهُ، فَتُلقِي بِالقَتَلَةِ وَالكاذِبِينَ إلَى حُفرَةِ التَّعَفُّنِ قَبلَ أنْ تَنتَصِفَ أعْمارُهُمْ. أمّا أنا، فَعَلَيكَ أتَّكِلُ.