اَلْمَزَامِيرُ 107

١ 1 اِحْمَدُوا ٱلرَّبَّ لِأَنَّهُ صَالِحٌ، لِأَنَّ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ رَحْمَتَهُ.

Give thanks to the Lord for his goodness for his kindness endures forever.

٢ 2 لِيَقُلْ مَفْدِيُّو ٱلرَّبِّ، ٱلَّذِينَ فَدَاهُمْ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلْعَدُوِّ،

Let this be the song of the ransomed, whom the Lord has redeemed from distress,

٣ 3 وَمِنَ ٱلْبُلْدَانِ جَمَعَهُمْ، مِنَ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَمِنَ ٱلْمَغْرِبِ، مِنَ ٱلشِّمَالِ وَمِنَ ٱلْبَحْرِ.

gathering them from all lands, east, west, north, and south.

٤ 4 تَاهُوا فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ فِي قَفْرٍ بِلَا طَرِيقٍ. لَمْ يَجِدُوا مَدِينَةَ سَكَنٍ.

In the wastes of the desert some wandered, finding no way to a city inhabited.

٥ 5 جِيَاعٌ عِطَاشٌ أَيْضًا أَعْيَتْ أَنْفُسُهُمْ فِيهِمْ.

Full of hunger and thirst, their spirit failed.

٦ 6 فَصَرَخُوا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ فِي ضِيقِهِمْ، فَأَنْقَذَهُمْ مِنْ شَدَائِدِهِمْ،

Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distresses,

٧ 7 وَهَدَاهُمْ طَرِيقًا مُسْتَقِيمًا لِيَذْهَبُوا إِلَى مَدِينَةِ سَكَنٍ.

guiding them straight on the way, till they reached an inhabited city.

٨ 8 فَلْيَحْمَدُوا ٱلرَّبَّ عَلَى رَحْمَتِهِ وَعَجَائِبِهِ لِبَنِي آدَمَ.

Let them thank the Lord for his kindness, for his wonderful deeds for people;

٩ 9 لِأَنَّهُ أَشْبَعَ نَفْسًا مُشْتَهِيَةً وَمَلَأَ نَفْسًا جَائِعَةً خَيْرًا،

for the thirsty he satisfies, and the hungry he fills with good things.

١٠ 10 ٱلْجُلُوسَ فِي ٱلظُّلْمَةِ وَظِلَالِ ٱلْمَوْتِ، مُوثَقِينَ بِٱلذُّلِّ وَٱلْحَدِيدِ.

Some sat in darkness and gloom prisoners in irons and misery,

١١ 11 لِأَنَّهُمْ عَصَوْا كَلَامَ ٱللهِ، وَأَهَانُوا مَشُورَةَ ٱلْعَلِيِّ.

for rebelling against God’s word, and spurning the Most High’s counsel.

١٢ 12 فَأَذَلَّ قُلُوبَهُمْ بِتَعَبٍ. عَثَرُوا وَلَا مَعِينَ.

Their heart was bowed with toil; there was no one to help when they stumbled.

١٣ 13 ثُمَّ صَرَخُوا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ فِي ضِيقِهِمْ، فَخَلَّصَهُمْ مِنْ شَدَائِدِهِمْ.

Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distresses.

١٤ 14 أَخْرَجَهُمْ مِنَ ٱلظُّلْمَةِ وَظِلَالِ ٱلْمَوْتِ، وَقَطَّعَ قُيُودَهُمْ.

Out of darkness and gloom he brought them, and burst their chains.

١٥ 15 فَلْيَحْمَدُوا ٱلرَّبَّ عَلَى رَحْمَتِهِ وَعَجَائِبِهِ لِبَنِي آدَمَ.

Let them praise the Lord for his kindness, for his wonderful deeds for people.

١٦ 16 لِأَنَّهُ كَسَّرَ مَصَارِيعَ نُحَاسٍ، وَقَطَّعَ عَوَارِضَ حَدِيدٍ.

For he shattered the gates of bronze, and broke bars of iron.

١٧ 17 وَٱلْجُهَّالُ مِنْ طَرِيقِ مَعْصِيَتِهِمْ، وَمِنْ آثَامِهِمْ يُذَلُّونَ.

Some were sick from their wicked ways, and suffering because of their sins.

١٨ 18 كَرِهَتْ أَنْفُسُهُمْ كُلَّ طَعَامٍ، وَٱقْتَرَبُوا إِلَى أَبْوَابِ ٱلْمَوْتِ.

All manner of food they hated; they had come to the gates of death.

١٩ 19 فَصَرَخُوا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ فِي ضِيقِهِمْ، فَخَلَّصَهُمْ مِنْ شَدَائِدِهِمْ.

Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distresses.

٢٠ 20 أَرْسَلَ كَلِمَتَهُ فَشَفَاهُمْ، وَنَجَّاهُمْ مِنْ تَهْلُكَاتِهِمْ.

He sent his word and healed them, and delivered their life from the pit.

٢١ 21 فَلْيَحْمَدُوا ٱلرَّبَّ عَلَى رَحْمَتِهِ وَعَجَائِبِهِ لِبَنِي آدَمَ.

Let them praise the Lord for his kindness, for his wonderful deeds for people.

٢٢ 22 وَلْيَذْبَحُوا لَهُ ذَبَائِحَ ٱلْحَمْدِ، وَلْيَعُدُّوا أَعْمَالَهُ بِتَرَنُّمٍ.

Let them offer to him thankofferings, and with joy tell what things he has done.

٢٣ 23 اَلنَّازِلُونَ إِلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ فِي ٱلسُّفُنِ، ٱلْعَامِلُونَ عَمَلًا فِي ٱلْمِيَاهِ ٱلْكَثِيرَةِ،

Some crossed the sea in ships, doing business in great waters.

٢٤ 24 هُمْ رَأَوْا أَعْمَالَ ٱلرَّبِّ وَعَجَائِبَهُ فِي ٱلْعُمْقِ.

They have seen what the Lord can do, and his wonderful deeds on the deep.

٢٥ 25 أَمَرَ فَأَهَاجَ رِيحًا عَاصِفَةً فَرَفَعَتْ أَمْوَاجَهُ.

At his command rose a tempest, which lifted the waves on high.

٢٦ 26 يَصْعَدُونَ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ، يَهْبِطُونَ إِلَى ٱلْأَعْمَاقِ. ذَابَتْ أَنْفُسُهُمْ بِٱلشَّقَاءِ.

Up to heaven they went, down to the depths; their courage failed them.

٢٧ 27 يَتَمَايَلُونَ وَيَتَرَنَّحُونَ مِثْلَ ٱلسَّكْرَانِ، وَكُلُّ حِكْمَتِهِمِ ٱبْتُلِعَتْ.

They staggered and reeled like drunkards; all their skills useless.

٢٨ 28 فَيَصْرُخُونَ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ فِي ضِيقِهِمْ، وَمِنْ شَدَائِدِهِمْ يُخَلِّصُهُمْ.

Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distresses.

٢٩ 29 يُهْدِئُ ٱلْعَاصِفَةَ فَتَسْكُنُ، وَتَسْكُتُ أَمْوَاجُهَا.

He stilled the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

٣٠ 30 فَيَفْرَحُونَ لِأَنَّهُمْ هَدَأُوا، فَيَهْدِيهِمْ إِلَى ٱلْمَرْفَإِ ٱلَّذِي يُرِيدُونَهُ.

They were glad, because it was quiet; they were led to the haven they longed for.

٣١ 31 فَلْيَحْمَدُوا ٱلرَّبَّ عَلَى رَحْمَتِهِ وَعَجَائِبِهِ لِبَنِي آدَمَ.

Let them praise the Lord, for his kindness, for his wonderful deeds for people.

٣٢ 32 وَلْيَرْفَعُوهُ فِي مَجْمَعِ ٱلشَّعْبِ، وَلْيُسَبِّحُوهُ فِي مَجْلِسِ ٱلْمَشَايِخِ.

Where the people assemble, extol him, and praise him in council of elders.

٣٣ 33 يَجْعَلُ ٱلْأَنْهَارَ قِفَارًا، وَمَجَارِيَ ٱلْمِيَاهِ مَعْطَشَةً،

He turns streams into a wilderness, springs of water into thirsty land,

٣٤ 34 وَٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلْمُثْمِرَةَ سَبِخَةً مِنْ شَرِّ ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ فِيهَا.

fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the sin of the people.

٣٥ 35 يَجْعَلُ ٱلْقَفْرَ غَدِيرَ مِيَاهٍ، وَأَرْضًا يَبَسًا يَنَابِيعَ مِيَاهٍ.

A desert he makes pools of water, a land of drought into springs of water.

٣٦ 36 وَيُسْكِنُ هُنَاكَ ٱلْجِيَاعَ فَيُهَيِّئُونَ مَدِينَةَ سَكَنٍ.

He settles the hungry therein, they establish a city to live in.

٣٧ 37 وَيَزْرَعُونَ حُقُولًا وَيَغْرِسُونَ كُرُومًا، فَتَصْنَعُ ثَمَرَ غَلَّةٍ.

They sow fields and plant vineyards, which furnish a fruitful yield.

٣٨ 38 وَيُبَارِكُهُمْ فَيَكْثُرُونَ جِدًّا، وَلَا يُقَلِّلُ بَهَائِمَهُمْ.

By his blessing they multiply greatly, and he lets not their cattle decrease.

٣٩ 39 ثُمَّ يَقِلُّونَ وَيَنْحَنُونَ مِنْ ضَغْطِ ٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلْحُزْنِ.

Yet when they are bowed and diminished by oppression, misfortune, or sorrow,

٤٠ 40 يَسْكُبُ هَوَانًا عَلَى رُؤَسَاءَ، وَيُضِلُّهُمْ فِي تِيهٍ بِلَا طَرِيقٍ،

he pours contempt upon princes, and on trackless wastes leads them astray

٤١ 41 وَيُعَلِّي ٱلْمِسْكِينَ مِنَ ٱلذُّلِّ، وَيَجْعَلُ ٱلْقَبَائِلَ مِثْلَ قُطْعَانِ ٱلْغَنَمِ.

He lifts the poor out of misery, and makes families fruitful as flocks.

٤٢ 42 يَرَى ذَلِكَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمُونَ فَيَفْرَحُونَ، وَكُلُّ إِثْمٍ يَسُدُّ فَاهُ.

At this sight shall the upright be glad, and all wicked mouths shall be stopped.

٤٣ 43 مَنْ كَانَ حَكِيمًا يَحْفَظُ هَذَا، وَيَتَعَقَّلُ مَرَاحِمَ ٱلرَّبِّ.

Let those who are wise observe this, and consider the love of the Lord