اَلْمَزَامِيرُ 107

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

O give thanks to Yahweh—For he is good, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

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

Let the redeemed of Yahweh say, Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary;

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

And, out of the lands, hath gathered them—From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.

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

They wandered about in the desert—in a waste, Way to a city to dwell in, found they none;

٥ 5 جِيَاعٌ عِطَاشٌ أَيْضًا أَعْيَتْ أَنْفُسُهُمْ فِيهِمْ.

Hungry—yea thirsty, their soul, within them, fainted:

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

Then made they outcry to Yahweh, in their peril, Out of their distresses, he rescued them;

٧ 7 وَهَدَاهُمْ طَرِيقًا مُسْتَقِيمًا لِيَذْهَبُوا إِلَى مَدِينَةِ سَكَنٍ.

And led them by a straight road, That they might journey to a city to dwell in.

٨ 8 فَلْيَحْمَدُوا ٱلرَّبَّ عَلَى رَحْمَتِهِ وَعَجَائِبِهِ لِبَنِي آدَمَ.

Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men;

٩ 9 لِأَنَّهُ أَشْبَعَ نَفْسًا مُشْتَهِيَةً وَمَلَأَ نَفْسًا جَائِعَةً خَيْرًا،

For he hath satisfied the longing soul, and, the famished soul, hath he filled with good.

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

The dwellers in darkness and death-shade, bound with oppression and iron;

١١ 11 لِأَنَّهُمْ عَصَوْا كَلَامَ ٱللهِ، وَأَهَانُوا مَشُورَةَ ٱلْعَلِيِّ.

Because they had rebelled against the sayings of GOD, —and, the counsel of the Most High, they had spurned;

١٢ 12 فَأَذَلَّ قُلُوبَهُمْ بِتَعَبٍ. عَثَرُوا وَلَا مَعِينَ.

And he bowed down, with labour, their heart, They staggered, with no one to help,

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

Then made they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, Out of their distresses, he saved them;

١٤ 14 أَخْرَجَهُمْ مِنَ ٱلظُّلْمَةِ وَظِلَالِ ٱلْمَوْتِ، وَقَطَّعَ قُيُودَهُمْ.

He brought them forth out of darkness and death-shade, and, their fetters, he tare off.

١٥ 15 فَلْيَحْمَدُوا ٱلرَّبَّ عَلَى رَحْمَتِهِ وَعَجَائِبِهِ لِبَنِي آدَمَ.

Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men!

١٦ 16 لِأَنَّهُ كَسَّرَ مَصَارِيعَ نُحَاسٍ، وَقَطَّعَ عَوَارِضَ حَدِيدٍ.

For he brake in pieces the doors of bronze, And, the bars of iron, he hewed asunder.

١٧ 17 وَٱلْجُهَّالُ مِنْ طَرِيقِ مَعْصِيَتِهِمْ، وَمِنْ آثَامِهِمْ يُذَلُّونَ.

The perverse, by reason of their transgression, and on account of their iniquities, are afflicted;

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

All manner of food, their soul abhorreth, and so they draw near unto the gates of death,

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

Then make they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, and, out of their distresses, he saveth them.

٢٠ 20 أَرْسَلَ كَلِمَتَهُ فَشَفَاهُمْ، وَنَجَّاهُمْ مِنْ تَهْلُكَاتِهِمْ.

He sendeth his word, and healeth them, and delivereth them from their graves.

٢١ 21 فَلْيَحْمَدُوا ٱلرَّبَّ عَلَى رَحْمَتِهِ وَعَجَائِبِهِ لِبَنِي آدَمَ.

Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men!

٢٢ 22 وَلْيَذْبَحُوا لَهُ ذَبَائِحَ ٱلْحَمْدِ، وَلْيَعُدُّوا أَعْمَالَهُ بِتَرَنُّمٍ.

Yea let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and recount his works with a shout.

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

Men who go down to the sea, in ships, doing business through mighty waters;

٢٤ 24 هُمْ رَأَوْا أَعْمَالَ ٱلرَّبِّ وَعَجَائِبَهُ فِي ٱلْعُمْقِ.

They, see the works of Yahweh, and his wonders in the deep;

٢٥ 25 أَمَرَ فَأَهَاجَ رِيحًا عَاصِفَةً فَرَفَعَتْ أَمْوَاجَهُ.

And he speaketh, and there ariseth a tempestuous wind, which lifteth on high its rolling waves;

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

They mount the heavens, they descend the roaring deeps, their soul, by trouble, dissolveth;

٢٧ 27 يَتَمَايَلُونَ وَيَتَرَنَّحُونَ مِثْلَ ٱلسَّكْرَانِ، وَكُلُّ حِكْمَتِهِمِ ٱبْتُلِعَتْ.

They reel and stagger, like a drunken man, and, all their wisdom, is engulfed,

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

Then make they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, and, out of their distresses, he bringeth them forth,

٢٩ 29 يُهْدِئُ ٱلْعَاصِفَةَ فَتَسْكُنُ، وَتَسْكُتُ أَمْوَاجُهَا.

He calmeth the storm to a whisper, and silent are their rolling waves:

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

Then are they glad, because they are hushed, And he guideth them unto their desired haven.

٣١ 31 فَلْيَحْمَدُوا ٱلرَّبَّ عَلَى رَحْمَتِهِ وَعَجَائِبِهِ لِبَنِي آدَمَ.

Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men!

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

Yea let them extol him in the convocation of the people, and, in the seated company of elders, let them praise him.

٣٣ 33 يَجْعَلُ ٱلْأَنْهَارَ قِفَارًا، وَمَجَارِيَ ٱلْمِيَاهِ مَعْطَشَةً،

He turneth Rivers into a desert, and, Springs of Water, into thirsty ground,

٣٤ 34 وَٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلْمُثْمِرَةَ سَبِخَةً مِنْ شَرِّ ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ فِيهَا.

A Land of Fruit, into a waste of salt, For the wickedness of them who dwell therein.

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

He turneth A Desert, into a pool of water, and, A Parched Land into springs of water;

٣٦ 36 وَيُسْكِنُ هُنَاكَ ٱلْجِيَاعَ فَيُهَيِّئُونَ مَدِينَةَ سَكَنٍ.

And hath caused the famished to dwell there, And they have built them a city to dwell in;

٣٧ 37 وَيَزْرَعُونَ حُقُولًا وَيَغْرِسُونَ كُرُومًا، فَتَصْنَعُ ثَمَرَ غَلَّةٍ.

And have sown fields, and planted vineyards, and made them fruits of increase:

٣٨ 38 وَيُبَارِكُهُمْ فَيَكْثُرُونَ جِدًّا، وَلَا يُقَلِّلُ بَهَائِمَهُمْ.

Thus hath he blessed them, and they have multiplied greatly, And, their cattle, he maketh not few.

٣٩ 39 ثُمَّ يَقِلُّونَ وَيَنْحَنُونَ مِنْ ضَغْطِ ٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلْحُزْنِ.

So have they become few and been brought low, By oppression, misfortune, and sorrow;

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

He poureth contempt upon nobles, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste;

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

But he hath set the needy on high from affliction, and made families, like a flock: —

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

The upright seeth and is glad, And, all perverseness, hath closed her mouth.

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

Who is wise? then let him observe these things! and diligently consider the lovingkindness of Yahweh.