اَلْمَزَامِيرُ 119

١ 1 طُوبَى لِلْكَامِلِينَ طَرِيقًا، ٱلسَّالِكِينَ فِي شَرِيعَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

Happy are they who are upright in their way, Who walk in the law of the LORD!

٢ 2 طُوبَى لِحَافِظِي شَهَادَاتِهِ. مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِهِمْ يَطْلُبُونَهُ.

Happy are they who observe his ordinances, And seek him with their whole heart;

٣ 3 أَيْضًا لَا يَرْتَكِبُونَ إِثْمًا. فِي طُرُقِهِ يَسْلُكُونَ.

Who also do no iniquity, But walk in his ways!

٤ 4 أَنْتَ أَوْصَيْتَ بِوَصَايَاكَ أَنْ تُحْفَظَ تَمَامًا.

Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

٥ 5 لَيْتَ طُرُقِي تُثَبَّتُ فِي حِفْظِ فَرَائِضِكَ.

O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

٦ 6 حِينَئِذٍ لَا أَخْزَى إِذَا نَظَرْتُ إِلَى كُلِّ وَصَايَاكَ.

Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect to all thy commandments.

٧ 7 أَحْمَدُكَ بِٱسْتِقَامَةِ قَلْبٍ عِنْدَ تَعَلُّمِي أَحْكَامَ عَدْلِكَ.

I will praise thee in uprightness of heart, When I shall have learned thy righteous laws.

٨ 8 وَصَايَاكَ أَحْفَظُ. لَا تَتْرُكْنِي إِلَى ٱلْغَايَةِ.

I will keep thy statutes; Do not utterly forsake me!

٩ 9 بِمَ يُزَكِّي ٱلشَّابُّ طَرِيقَهُ؟ بِحِفْظِهِ إِيَّاهُ حَسَبَ كَلَامِكَ.

How shall a young man keep his way pure? By taking heed to it according to thy word.

١٠ 10 بِكُلِّ قَلْبِي طَلَبْتُكَ. لَا تُضِلَّنِي عَنْ وَصَايَاكَ.

With my whole heart have I sought thee; O let me not wander from thy commandments!

١١ 11 خَبَأْتُ كَلَامَكَ فِي قَلْبِي لِكَيْلَا أُخْطِئَ إِلَيْكَ.

Thy word have I hid in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.

١٢ 12 مُبَارَكٌ أَنْتَ يَارَبُّ. عَلِّمْنِي فَرَائِضَكَ.

Blessed be thou, O LORD! O teach me thy statutes!

١٣ 13 بِشَفَتَيَّ حَسَبْتُ كُلَّ أَحْكَامِ فَمِكَ.

With my lips do I declare All the precepts of thy mouth.

١٤ 14 بِطَرِيقِ شَهَادَاتِكَ فَرِحْتُ كَمَا عَلَى كُلِّ ٱلْغِنَى.

In the way of thine ordinances I rejoice As much as in all riches.

١٥ 15 بِوَصَايَاكَ أَلْهَجُ، وَأُلَاحِظُ سُبُلَكَ.

I meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.

١٦ 16 بِفَرَائِضِكَ أَتَلَذَّذُ. لَا أَنْسَى كَلَامَكَ.

I delight myself in thy statutes; I do not forget thy word.

١٧ 17 أَحْسِنْ إِلَى عَبْدِكَ، فَأَحْيَا وَأَحْفَظَ أَمْرَكَ.

Deal kindly with thy servant, that I may live, And have regard to thy word!

١٨ 18 ٱكْشِفْ عَنْ عَيْنَيَّ فَأَرَى عَجَائِبَ مِنْ شَرِيعَتِكَ.

Open thou mine eyes, That I may behold wondrous things out of thy law!

١٩ 19 غَرِيبٌ أَنَا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ. لَا تُخْفِ عَنِّي وَصَايَاكَ.

I am a stranger in the earth; O hide not thy precepts from me!

٢٠ 20 ٱنْسَحَقَتْ نَفْسِي شَوْقًا إِلَى أَحْكَامِكَ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ.

My soul breaketh within me, On account of longing for thy judgments at all times.

٢١ 21 ٱنْتَهَرْتَ ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ ٱلْمَلَاعِينَ ٱلضَّالِّينَ عَنْ وَصَايَاكَ.

Thou rebukest the proud, the accursed, Who wander from thy commandments.

٢٢ 22 دَحْرِجْ عَنِّي ٱلْعَارَ وَٱلْإِهَانَةَ، لِأَنِّي حَفِظْتُ شَهَادَاتِكَ.

Remove from me reproach and contempt, For I have kept thine ordinances!

٢٣ 23 جَلَسَ أَيْضًا رُؤَسَاءُ، تَقَاوَلُوا عَلَيَّ. أَمَّا عَبْدُكَ فَيُنَاجِي بِفَرَائِضِكَ.

Princes sit and speak against me, But thy servant meditateth on thy statutes.

٢٤ 24 أَيْضًا شَهَادَاتُكَ هِيَ لَذَّتِي، أَهْلُ مَشُورَتِي.

Thine ordinances are my delight; Yea, they are my counsellors.

٢٥ 25 لَصِقَتْ بِٱلتُّرَابِ نَفْسِي، فَأَحْيِنِي حَسَبَ كَلِمَتِكَ.

My soul cleaveth to the dust; O revive me, according to thy word!

٢٦ 26 قَدْ صَرَّحْتُ بِطُرُقِي فَٱسْتَجَبْتَ لِي. عَلِّمْنِي فَرَائِضَكَ.

I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me; Teach me thy statutes!

٢٧ 27 طَرِيقَ وَصَايَاكَ فَهِّمْنِي، فَأُنَاجِيَ بِعَجَائِبِكَ.

Make me to understand the way of thy precepts! So will I meditate upon thy wonders.

٢٨ 28 قَطَرَتْ نَفْسِي مِنَ ٱلْحُزْنِ. أَقِمْنِي حَسَبَ كَلَامِكَ.

My soul weepeth for trouble; O lift me up according to thy promise!

٢٩ 29 طَرِيقَ ٱلْكَذِبِ أَبْعِدْ عَنِّي، وَبِشَرِيعَتِكَ ٱرْحَمْنِي.

Remove from me the way of falsehood, And graciously grant me thy law!

٣٠ 30 ٱخْتَرْتُ طَرِيقَ ٱلْحَقِّ. جَعَلْتُ أَحْكَامَكَ قُدَّامِي.

I have chosen the way of truth, And set thy statutes before me.

٣١ 31 لَصِقْتُ بِشَهَادَاتِكَ. يَارَبُّ، لَا تُخْزِنِي.

I cleave to thine ordinances; O LORD! let me not be put to shame!

٣٢ 32 فِي طَرِيقِ وَصَايَاكَ أَجْرِي، لِأَنَّكَ تُرَحِّبُ قَلْبِي.

I will run in the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt enlarge my heart.

٣٣ 33 عَلِّمْنِي يَارَبُّ طَرِيقَ فَرَائِضِكَ، فَأَحْفَظَهَا إِلَى ٱلنِّهَايَةِ.

Teach me, O LORD! the way of thy statutes, That I may keep it to the end!

٣٤ 34 فَهِّمْنِي فَأُلَاحِظَ شَرِيعَتَكَ، وَأَحْفَظَهَا بِكُلِّ قَلْبِي.

Give me understanding, that I may keep thy law; That I may observe it with my whole heart!

٣٥ 35 دَرِّبْنِي فِي سَبِيلِ وَصَايَاكَ، لِأَنِّي بِهِ سُرِرْتُ.

Cause me to tread in the path of thy commandments, For in it I have my delight.

٣٦ 36 أَمِلْ قَلْبِي إِلَى شَهَادَاتِكَ، لَا إِلَى ٱلْمَكْسَبِ.

Incline my heart to thine ordinances, And not to the love of gain!

٣٧ 37 حَوِّلْ عَيْنَيَّ عَنِ ٱلنَّظَرِ إِلَى ٱلْبَاطِلِ. فِي طَرِيقِكَ أَحْيِنِي.

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy law!

٣٨ 38 أَقِمْ لِعَبْدِكَ قَوْلَكَ ٱلَّذِي لِمُتَّقِيكَ.

Fulfill to thy servant thy promise, Which thou hast made to him who feareth thee!

٣٩ 39 أَزِلْ عَارِي ٱلَّذِي حَذِرْتُ مِنْهُ، لِأَنَّ أَحْكَامَكَ طَيِّبَةٌ.

Turn away the reproach which I fear; For thy judgments are good.

٤٠ 40 هَأَنَذَا قَدِ ٱشْتَهَيْتُ وَصَايَاكَ. بِعَدْلِكَ أَحْيِنِي.

Behold, I have longed for thy precepts; O quicken thou me in thy righteousness!

٤١ 41 لِتَأْتِنِي رَحْمَتُكَ يَارَبُّ، خَلَاصُكَ حَسَبَ قَوْلِكَ،

Let thy mercies come to me, O LORD! And thy help according to thy promise!

٤٢ 42 فَأُجَاوِبَ مُعَيِّرِي كَلِمَةً، لِأَنِّي ٱتَّكَلْتُ عَلَى كَلَامِكَ.

So shall I be able to answer him that reproacheth me; For I trust in thy promise.

٤٣ 43 وَلَا تَنْزِعْ مِنْ فَمِي كَلَامَ ٱلْحَقِّ كُلَّ ٱلنَّزْعِ، لِأَنِّي ٱنْتَظَرْتُ أَحْكَامَكَ.

O take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth! For I trust in thy judgments.

٤٤ 44 فَأَحْفَظَ شَرِيعَتَكَ دَائِمًا، إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ وَٱلْأَبَدِ،

So shall I keep thy law continually, For ever and ever.

٤٥ 45 وَأَتَمَشَّى فِي رَحْبٍ، لِأَنِّي طَلَبْتُ وَصَايَاكَ.

I shall walk in a wide path; For I seek thy precepts.

٤٦ 46 وَأَتَكَلَّمُ بِشَهَادَاتِكَ قُدَّامَ مُلُوكٍ وَلَا أَخْزَى،

I will speak of thine ordinances before kings, And will not be ashamed.

٤٧ 47 وَأَتَلَذَّذُ بِوَصَايَاكَ ٱلَّتِي أَحْبَبْتُ.

I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I love;

٤٨ 48 وَأَرْفَعُ يَدَيَّ إِلَى وَصَايَاكَ ٱلَّتِي وَدِدْتُ، وَأُنَاجِي بِفَرَائِضِكَ.

I will lift up my hands to thy precepts, which I love; I will meditate on thy statutes.

٤٩ 49 اُذْكُرْ لِعَبْدِكَ ٱلْقَوْلَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلْتَنِي أَنْتَظِرُهُ.

Remember thy promise to thy servant, Because thou hast caused me to hope!

٥٠ 50 هَذِهِ هِيَ تَعْزِيَتِي فِي مَذَلَّتِي، لِأَنَّ قَوْلَكَ أَحْيَانِي.

This is my comfort in my affliction; For thy promise reviveth me.

٥١ 51 ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرُونَ ٱسْتَهْزَأُوا بِي إِلَى ٱلْغَايَةِ. عَنْ شَرِيعَتِكَ لَمْ أَمِلْ.

The proud have had me greatly in derision; Yet have I not swerved from thy law.

٥٢ 52 تَذَكَّرْتُ أَحْكَامَكَ مُنْذُ ٱلدَّهْرِ يَارَبُّ، فَتَعَزَّيْتُ.

I remember thy judgments of old, O LORD! And I comfort myself.

٥٣ 53 ٱلْحَمِيَّةُ أَخَذَتْنِي بِسَبَبِ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ تَارِكِي شَرِيعَتِكَ.

Indignation burneth within me, On account of the wicked who forsake thy law.

٥٤ 54 تَرْنِيمَاتٍ صَارَتْ لِي فَرَائِضُكَ فِي بَيْتِ غُرْبَتِي.

Thy statutes have been my song In the house of my pilgrimage.

٥٥ 55 ذَكَرْتُ فِي ٱللَّيْلِ ٱسْمَكَ يَارَبُّ، وَحَفِظْتُ شَرِيعَتَكَ.

In the night, O LORD! I think of thy name, And keep thy law!

٥٦ 56 هَذَا صَارَ لِي، لِأَنِّي حَفِظْتُ وَصَايَاكَ.

This have I as my own, That I keep thy precepts.

٥٧ 57 نَصِيبِي ٱلرَّبُّ، قُلْتُ لِحِفْظِ كَلَامِكَ.

Thou art my portion, O LORD! I have resolved that I will keep thy precepts.

٥٨ 58 تَرَضَّيْتُ وَجْهَكَ بِكُلِّ قَلْبِي. ٱرْحَمْنِي حَسَبَ قَوْلِكَ.

I have sought thy favor with my whole heart; Be gracious unto me according to thy promise!

٥٩ 59 تَفَكَّرْتُ فِي طُرُقِي، وَرَدَدْتُ قَدَمَيَّ إِلَى شَهَادَاتِكَ.

I think on my ways, And turn my feet to thy statutes;

٦٠ 60 أَسْرَعْتُ وَلَمْ أَتَوَانَ لِحِفْظِ وَصَايَاكَ.

I make haste, and delay not, To keep thy commandments.

٦١ 61 حِبَالُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ ٱلْتَفَّتْ عَلَيَّ. أَمَّا شَرِيعَتُكَ فَلَمْ أَنْسَهَا.

The snares of the wicked surround me; Yet do I not forget thy law.

٦٢ 62 فِي مُنْتَصَفِ ٱللَّيْلِ أَقُومُ لِأَحْمَدَكَ عَلَى أَحْكَامِ بِرِّكَ.

At midnight I rise to give thanks to thee On account of thy righteous judgments.

٦٣ 63 رَفِيقٌ أَنَا لِكُلِّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَكَ وَلِحَافِظِي وَصَايَاكَ.

I am the companion of all who fear thee, And who obey thy precepts.

٦٤ 64 رَحْمَتُكَ يَارَبُّ قَدْ مَلَأَتِ ٱلْأَرْضَ. عَلِّمْنِي فَرَائِضَكَ.

The earth, O LORD! is full of thy goodness; O teach me thy statutes!

٦٥ 65 خَيْرًا صَنَعْتَ مَعَ عَبْدِكَ يَارَبُّ حَسَبَ كَلَامِكَ.

Thou dost bless thy servant, O LORD! According to thy promise!

٦٦ 66 ذَوْقًا صَالِحًا وَمَعْرِفَةً عَلِّمْنِي، لِأَنِّي بِوَصَايَاكَ آمَنْتُ.

Teach me sound judgment and knowledge! For I have faith in thy commandments.

٦٧ 67 قَبْلَ أَنْ أُذَلَّلَ أَنَا ضَلَلْتُ، أَمَّا ٱلْآنَ فَحَفِظْتُ قَوْلَكَ.

Before I was afflicted, I went astray; But now I keep thy word.

٦٨ 68 صَالِحٌ أَنْتَ وَمُحْسِنٌ. عَلِّمْنِي فَرَائِضَكَ.

Thou art good and doest good; O teach me thy statutes!

٦٩ 69 ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرُونَ قَدْ لَفَّقُوا عَلَيَّ كَذِبًا، أَمَّا أَنَا فَبِكُلِّ قَلْبِي أَحْفَظُ وَصَايَاكَ.

The proud forge lies against me, But I keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

٧٠ 70 سَمِنَ مِثْلَ ٱلشَّحْمِ قَلْبُهُمْ، أَمَّا أَنَا فَبِشَرِيعَتِكَ أَتَلَذَّذُ.

Their heart is senseless like fat; But I delight in thy law.

٧١ 71 خَيْرٌ لِي أَنِّي تَذَلَّلْتُ لِكَيْ أَتَعَلَّمَ فَرَائِضَكَ.

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes.

٧٢ 72 شَرِيعَةُ فَمِكَ خَيْرٌ لِي مِنْ أُلُوفِ ذَهَبٍ وَفِضَّةٍ.

The law of thy mouth is better to me Than thousands of gold and silver.

٧٣ 73 يَدَاكَ صَنَعَتَانِي وَأَنْشَأَتَانِي. فَهِّمْنِي فَأَتَعَلَّمَ وَصَايَاكَ.

Thy hands have made and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments!

٧٤ 74 مُتَّقُوكَ يَرَوْنَنِي فَيَفْرَحُونَ، لِأَنِّي ٱنْتَظَرْتُ كَلَامَكَ.

They who fear thee shall see me and rejoice, Because I trust in thy word.

٧٥ 75 قَدْ عَلِمْتُ يَارَبُّ أَنَّ أَحْكَامَكَ عَدْلٌ، وَبِٱلْحَقِّ أَذْلَلْتَنِي.

I know, O LORD! that thy judgments are right, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.

٧٦ 76 فَلْتَصِرْ رَحْمَتُكَ لِتَعْزِيَتِي، حَسَبَ قَوْلِكَ لِعَبْدِكَ.

O let thy loving-kindness be my comfort, According to thy promise to thy servant!

٧٧ 77 لِتَأْتِنِي مَرَاحِمُكَ فَأَحْيَا، لِأَنَّ شَرِيعَتَكَ هِيَ لَذَّتِي.

Let thy tender mercies come to me, that I may live! For thy law is my delight.

٧٨ 78 لِيَخْزَ ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرُونَ لِأَنَّهُمْ زُورًا ٱفْتَرَوْا عَلَيَّ. أَمَّا أَنَا فَأُنَاجِي بِوَصَايَاكَ.

May the proud be put to shame, who wrong me without cause! But I will meditate on thy precepts.

٧٩ 79 لِيَرْجِعْ إِلَيَّ مُتَّقُوكَ وَعَارِفُو شَهَادَاتِكَ.

Let those who fear thee turn unto me, And they that know thine ordinances!

٨٠ 80 لِيَكُنْ قَلْبِي كَامِلًا فِي فَرَائِضِكَ لِكَيْلَا أَخْزَى.

May my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I may not be put to shame!

٨١ 81 تَاقَتْ نَفْسِي إِلَى خَلَاصِكَ. كَلَامَكَ ٱنْتَظَرْتُ.

My soul fainteth for thy salvation; In thy promise do I trust.

٨٢ 82 كَلَّتْ عَيْنَايَ مِنَ ٱلنَّظَرِ إِلَى قَوْلِكَ، فَأَقُولُ: «مَتَى تُعَزِّينِي؟».

Mine eyes fail with looking for thy promise; When. say I, wilt thou comfort me?

٨٣ 83 لِأَنِّي قَدْ صِرْتُ كَزِقٍّ فِي ٱلدُّخَانِ، أَمَّا فَرَائِضُكَ فَلَمْ أَنْسَهَا.

Yea, I am become like a bottle in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.

٨٤ 84 كَمْ هِيَ أَيَّامُ عَبْدِكَ؟ مَتَى تُجْرِي حُكْمًا عَلَى مُضْطَهِدِيَّ؟

How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment upon my persecutors?

٨٥ 85 ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرُونَ قَدْ كَرَوْا لِي حَفَائِرَ. ذَلِكَ لَيْسَ حَسَبَ شَرِيعَتِكَ.

The proud have digged pits for me; They who do not regard thy law.

٨٦ 86 كُلُّ وَصَايَاكَ أَمَانَةٌ. زُورًا يَضْطَهِدُونَنِي. أَعِنِّي.

All thy commandments are faithful; They persecute me without cause; help thou me!

٨٧ 87 لَوْلَا قَلِيلٌ لَأَفْنَوْنِي مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ. أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَمْ أَتْرُكْ وَصَايَاكَ.

They had almost consumed me from the earth; But I forsook not thy precepts.

٨٨ 88 حَسَبَ رَحْمَتِكَ أَحْيِنِي، فَأَحْفَظَ شَهَادَاتِ فَمِكَ.

Quicken me according to thy loving-kindness, That I may keep the law of thy mouth!

٨٩ 89 إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ يَارَبُّ كَلِمَتُكَ مُثَبَّتَةٌ فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ.

Thy word, O LORD! abideth for ever, Being established like the heavens;

٩٠ 90 إِلَى دَوْرٍ فَدَوْرٍ أَمَانَتُكَ. أَسَّسْتَ ٱلْأَرْضَ فَثَبَتَتْ.

Thy faithfulness endureth to all generations. Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

٩١ 91 عَلَى أَحْكَامِكَ ثَبَتَتِ ٱلْيَوْمَ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْكُلَّ عَبِيدُكَ.

They continue to this day according to their ordinances; For they are all subject to thee.

٩٢ 92 لَوْ لَمْ تَكُنْ شَرِيعَتُكَ لَذَّتِي، لَهَلَكْتُ حِينَئِذٍ فِي مَذَلَّتِي.

Had not thy law been my delight, I should have perished in my affliction.

٩٣ 93 إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ لَا أَنْسَى وَصَايَاكَ، لِأَنَّكَ بِهَا أَحْيَيْتَنِي.

I will never forget thy precepts; For by them thou revivest me.

٩٤ 94 لَكَ أَنَا فَخَلِّصْنِي، لِأَنِّي طَلَبْتُ وَصَايَاكَ.

I am thine, help me! For I seek thy precepts.

٩٥ 95 إِيَّايَ ٱنْتَظَرَ ٱلْأَشْرَارُ لِيُهْلِكُونِي. بِشَهَادَاتِكَ أَفْطُنُ.

The wicked lie in wait to destroy me; But I will have regard to thine ordinances.

٩٦ 96 لِكُلِّ كَمَالٍ رَأَيْتُ حَدًّا، أَمَّا وَصِيَّتُكَ فَوَاسِعَةٌ جِدًّا.

I have seen an end of all perfection; But thy law is exceeding broad.

٩٧ 97 كَمْ أَحْبَبْتُ شَرِيعَتَكَ! ٱلْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ هِيَ لَهَجِي.

O how I love thy law! It is my daily (meditation)

٩٨ 98 وَصِيَّتُكَ جَعَلَتْنِي أَحْكَمَ مِنْ أَعْدَائِي، لِأَنَّهَا إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ هِيَ لِي.

Thou hast made me wiser than my enemies by thy precepts; For they are ever before me.

٩٩ 99 أَكْثَرَ مِنْ كُلِّ مُعَلِّمِيَّ تَعَقَّلْتُ، لِأَنَّ شَهَادَاتِكَ هِيَ لَهَجِي.

I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thine ordinances are my (meditation)

١٠٠ 100 أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلشُّيُوخِ فَطِنْتُ، لِأَنِّي حَفِظْتُ وَصَايَاكَ.

I have more wisdom than the ancients, Because I keep thy precepts.

١٠١ 101 مِنْ كُلِّ طَرِيقِ شَرٍّ مَنَعْتُ رِجْلَيَّ، لِكَيْ أَحْفَظَ كَلَامَكَ.

I have restrained my feet from every evil way, That I might keep thy word.

١٠٢ 102 عَنْ أَحْكَامِكَ لَمْ أَمِلْ، لِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ عَلَّمْتَنِي.

I depart not from thy statutes, For thou teachest me!

١٠٣ 103 مَا أَحْلَى قَوْلَكَ لِحَنَكِي! أَحْلَى مِنَ ٱلْعَسَلِ لِفَمِي.

How sweet are thy words to my taste; Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

١٠٤ 104 مِنْ وَصَايَاكَ أَتَفَطَّنُ، لِذَلِكَ أَبْغَضْتُ كُلَّ طَرِيقِ كَذِبٍ.

From thy precepts I learn wisdom; Therefore do I hate every false way.

١٠٥ 105 سِرَاجٌ لِرِجْلِي كَلَامُكَ وَنُورٌ لِسَبِيلِي.

Thy word is a lamp to my feet, And a light to my path.

١٠٦ 106 حَلَفْتُ فَأَبِرُّهُ، أَنْ أَحْفَظَ أَحْكَامَ بِرِّكَ.

I have sworn, and I will perform it, That I will keep thy righteous statutes.

١٠٧ 107 تَذَلَّلْتُ إِلَى ٱلْغَايَةِ. يَارَبُّ، أَحْيِنِي حَسَبَ كَلَامِكَ.

I am exceedingly afflicted; Revive me, O LORD! according to thy word!

١٠٨ 108 ٱرْتَضِ بِمَنْدُوبَاتِ فَمِي يَارَبُّ، وَأَحْكَامَكَ عَلِّمْنِي.

Accept, O LORD! the free-will offering of my mouth, And teach me thy statutes!

١٠٩ 109 نَفْسِي دَائِمًا فِي كَفِّي، أَمَّا شَرِيعَتُكَ فَلَمْ أَنْسَهَا.

My life is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.

١١٠ 110 ٱلْأَشْرَارُ وَضَعُوا لِي فَخًّا، أَمَّا وَصَايَاكَ فَلَمْ أَضِلَّ عَنْهَا.

The wicked lay snares for me, Yet do I not go astray from thy precepts.

١١١ 111 وَرِثْتُ شَهَادَاتِكَ إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ، لِأَنَّهَا هِيَ بَهْجَةُ قَلْبِي.

I have made thine ordinances my possession for ever; For they are the joy of my heart.

١١٢ 112 عَطَفْتُ قَلْبِي لِأَصْنَعَ فَرَائِضَكَ إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ إِلَى ٱلنِّهَايَةِ.

I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes, Always, —even to the end.

١١٣ 113 ٱلْمُتَقَلِّبِينَ أَبْغَضْتُ، وَشَرِيعَتَكَ أَحْبَبْتُ.

I hate impious men, And thy law I do love.

١١٤ 114 سِتْرِي وَمِجَنِّي أَنْتَ. كَلَامَكَ ٱنْتَظَرْتُ.

Thou art my hiding-place and my shield; In thy word I put my trust!

١١٥ 115 ٱنْصَرِفُوا عَنِّي أَيُّهَا ٱلْأَشْرَارُ، فَأَحْفَظَ وَصَايَا إِلَهِي.

Depart from me, ye evil-doers! For I will keep the commandments of my God.

١١٦ 116 ٱعْضُدْنِي حَسَبَ قَوْلِكَ فَأَحْيَا، وَلَا تُخْزِنِي مِنْ رَجَائِي.

Uphold me according to thy promise, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope!

١١٧ 117 أَسْنِدْنِي فَأَخْلُصَ، وَأُرَاعِيَ فَرَائِضَكَ دَائِمًا.

Do thou hold me up, and I shall be safe, And I will have respect to thy statutes continually!

١١٨ 118 ٱحْتَقَرْتَ كُلَّ ٱلضَّالِّينَ عَنْ فَرَائِضِكَ، لِأَنَّ مَكْرَهُمْ بَاطِلٌ.

Thou castest off all who depart from thy laws; For their deceit is vain.

١١٩ 119 كَزَغَلٍ عَزَلْتَ كُلَّ أَشْرَارِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، لِذَلِكَ أَحْبَبْتُ شَهَادَاتِكَ.

Thou throwest away all the wicked of the earth, like dross; Therefore I love thine ordinances.

١٢٠ 120 قَدِ ٱقْشَعَرَّ لَحْمِي مِنْ رُعْبِكَ، وَمِنْ أَحْكَامِكَ جَزِعْتُ.

My flesh trembleth through fear of thee, And I am afraid of thy judgments.

١٢١ 121 أَجْرَيْتُ حُكْمًا وَعَدْلًا. لَا تُسْلِمْنِي إِلَى ظَالِمِيَّ.

I have done justice and equity; O leave me not to mine oppressors.

١٢٢ 122 كُنْ ضَامِنَ عَبْدِكَ لِلْخَيْرِ، لِكَيْلَا يَظْلِمَنِي ٱلْمُسْتَكْبِرُونَ.

Be surety for thy servant for good; Let not the proud oppress me!

١٢٣ 123 كَلَّتْ عَيْنَايَ ٱشْتِيَاقًا إِلَى خَلَاصِكَ وَإِلَى كَلِمَةِ بِرِّكَ.

Mine eyes fail with looking for thy help, And for thy righteous promise.

١٢٤ 124 ٱصْنَعْ مَعَ عَبْدِكَ حَسَبَ رَحْمَتِكَ، وَفَرَائِضَكَ عَلِّمْنِي.

Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy, And teach me thy statutes!

١٢٥ 125 عَبْدُكَ أَنَا. فَهِّمْنِي فَأَعْرِفَ شَهَادَاتِكَ.

I am thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know thine ordinances!

١٢٦ 126 إِنَّهُ وَقْتُ عَمَلٍ لِلرَّبِّ. قَدْ نَقَضُوا شَرِيعَتَكَ.

It is time for thee, O LORD! to act; For men have made void thy law.

١٢٧ 127 لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ أَحْبَبْتُ وَصَايَاكَ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْإِبْرِيزِ.

Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; Yea, above fine gold.

١٢٨ 128 لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ حَسِبْتُ كُلَّ وَصَايَاكَ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُسْتَقِيمَةً. كُلَّ طَرِيقِ كَذِبٍ أَبْغَضْتُ.

Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; I hate every false way.

١٢٩ 129 عَجِيبَةٌ هِيَ شَهَادَاتُكَ، لِذَلِكَ حَفِظَتْهَا نَفْسِي.

Wonderful are thine ordinances; Therefore do I observe them.

١٣٠ 130 فَتْحُ كَلَامِكَ يُنِيرُ، يُعَقِّلُ ٱلْجُهَّالَ.

The communication of thy precepts giveth light; It giveth understanding to the simple.

١٣١ 131 فَغَرْتُ فَمِي وَلَهَثْتُ، لِأَنِّي إِلَى وَصَايَاكَ ٱشْتَقْتُ.

I open my mouth and pant: For I long for thy commandments.

١٣٢ 132 ٱلْتَفِتْ إِلَيَّ وَٱرْحَمْنِي، كَحَقِّ مُحِبِّي ٱسْمِكَ.

Look thou upon me, and be gracious to me, As is just to those who love thy name!

١٣٣ 133 ثَبِّتْ خُطُوَاتِي فِي كَلِمَتِكَ، وَلَا يَتَسَلَّطْ عَلَيَّ إِثْمٌ.

Establish my footsteps in thy word, And let no iniquity have dominion over me!

١٣٤ 134 ٱفْدِنِي مِنْ ظُلْمِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ، فَأَحْفَظَ وَصَايَاكَ.

Redeem me from the oppression of men, So will I keep thy precepts!

١٣٥ 135 أَضِئْ بِوَجْهِكَ عَلَى عَبْدِكَ، وَعَلِّمْنِي فَرَائِضَكَ.

Let thy face shine on thy servant, And teach me thy statutes!

١٣٦ 136 جَدَاوِلُ مِيَاهٍ جَرَتْ مِنْ عَيْنَيَّ، لِأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَحْفَظُوا شَرِيعَتَكَ.

Rivers of water run down mine eyes, Because men keep not thy law.

١٣٧ 137 بَارٌّ أَنْتَ يَارَبُّ، وَأَحْكَامُكَ مُسْتَقِيمَةٌ.

Righteous art thou, O LORD! And just are thy judgments!

١٣٨ 138 عَدْلًا أَمَرْتَ بِشَهَادَاتِكَ، وَحَقًّا إِلَى ٱلْغَايَةِ.

Just are the ordinances which thou hast ordained, And altogether righteous.

١٣٩ 139 أَهْلَكَتْنِي غَيْرَتِي، لِأَنَّ أَعْدَائِي نَسُوا كَلَامَكَ.

My zeal consumeth me, Because my enemies forget thy word.

١٤٠ 140 كَلِمَتُكَ مُمَحَّصَةٌ جِدًّا، وَعَبْدُكَ أَحَبَّهَا.

Thy word is very pure, Therefore thy servant loveth it.

١٤١ 141 صَغِيرٌ أَنَا وَحَقِيرٌ، أَمَّا وَصَايَاكَ فَلَمْ أَنْسَهَا.

Of mean condition am I, and despised; Yet do I not forget thy precepts.

١٤٢ 142 عَدْلُكَ عَدْلٌ إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ، وَشَرِيعَتُكَ حَقٌّ.

Thy righteousness is everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.

١٤٣ 143 ضِيْقٌ وَشِدَّةٌ أَصَابَانِي، أَمَّا وَصَايَاكَ فَهِيَ لَذَّاتِي.

Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me, But thy laws are my delight.

١٤٤ 144 عَادِلَةٌ شَهَادَاتُكَ إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ. فَهِّمْنِي فَأَحْيَا.

The justice of thine ordinances is everlasting; Give me understanding, and I shall live!

١٤٥ 145 صَرَخْتُ مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِي. ٱسْتَجِبْ لِي يَارَبُّ. فَرَائِضَكَ أَحْفَظُ.

I cry to thee with my whole heart; Hear me, O LORD! that I may keep thy statutes.

١٤٦ 146 دَعَوْتُكَ. خَلِّصْنِي، فَأَحْفَظَ شَهَادَاتِكَ.

I cry unto thee; save me, And I will observe thine ordinances.

١٤٧ 147 تَقَدَّمْتُ فِي ٱلصُّبْحِ وَصَرَخْتُ. كَلَامَكَ ٱنْتَظَرْتُ.

I come before the dawn with my prayer; I trust in thy promise!

١٤٨ 148 تَقَدَّمَتْ عَيْنَايَ ٱلْهُزُعَ، لِكَيْ أَلْهَجَ بِأَقْوَالِكَ.

My eyes anticipate the night-watches, That I may meditate upon thy promise.

١٤٩ 149 صَوْتِيَ ٱسْتَمِعْ حَسَبَ رَحْمَتِكَ. يَارَبُّ، حَسَبَ أَحْكَامِكَ أَحْيِنِي.

Hear my voice according to thy loving-kindness; O LORD! revive me according to thy mercy!

١٥٠ 150 ٱقْتَرَبَ ٱلتَّابِعُونَ ٱلرَّذِيلَةَ. عَنْ شَرِيعَتِكَ بَعُدُوا.

Near are they whose aim is mischief; They are far from thy law;

١٥١ 151 قَرِيبٌ أَنْتَ يَارَبُّ، وَكُلُّ وَصَايَاكَ حَقٌّ.

Yet thou art near, O LORD! And all thy commandments are truth!

١٥٢ 152 مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ عَرَفْتُ مِنْ شَهَادَاتِكَ أَنَّكَ إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ أَسَّسْتَهَا.

Long have I known concerning thine ordinances, That thou hast founded them for ever.

١٥٣ 153 اُنْظُرْ إِلَى ذُلِّي وَأَنْقِذْنِي، لِأَنِّي لَمْ أَنْسَ شَرِيعَتَكَ.

Look upon my affliction, and deliver me! For I do not forget thy law.

١٥٤ 154 أَحْسِنْ دَعْوَايَ.

Maintain my cause, and redeem me; Revive me according to thy promise!

١٥٥ 155 ٱلْخَلَاصُ بَعِيدٌ عَنِ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَلْتَمِسُوا فَرَائِضَكَ.

Salvation is far from the wicked, Because they seek not thy statutes.

١٥٦ 156 كَثِيرَةٌ هِيَ مَرَاحِمُكَ يَارَبُّ. حَسَبَ أَحْكَامِكَ أَحْيِنِي.

Great is thy compassion, O LORD! Revive thou me according to thine equity!

١٥٧ 157 كَثِيرُونَ مُضْطَهِدِيَّ وَمُضَايِقِيَّ، أَمَّا شَهَادَاتُكَ فَلَمْ أَمِلْ عَنْهَا.

Many are my persecutors and my enemies, Yet do I not depart from thine ordinances.

١٥٨ 158 رَأَيْتُ ٱلْغَادِرِينَ وَمَقَتُّ، لِأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَحْفَظُوا كَلِمَتَكَ.

I behold the transgressors, and am grieved Because they regard not thy word.

١٥٩ 159 ٱنْظُرْ أَنِّي أَحْبَبْتُ وَصَايَاكَ. يَارَبُّ، حَسَبَ رَحْمَتِكَ أَحْيِنِي.

Behold, how I love thy precepts! O LORD! revive me according to thy loving-kindness!

١٦٠ 160 رَأْسُ كَلَامِكَ حَقٌّ، وَإِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ كُلُّ أَحْكَامِ عَدْلِكَ.

The whole of thy word is truth, And all thy righteous judgments endure for ever.

١٦١ 161 رُؤَسَاءُ ٱضْطَهَدُونِي بِلَا سَبَبٍ، وَمِنْ كَلَامِكَ جَزِعَ قَلْبِي.

Princes have persecuted me without cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

١٦٢ 162 أَبْتَهِجُ أَنَا بِكَلَامِكَ كَمَنْ وَجَدَ غَنِيمَةً وَافِرَةً.

I rejoice in thy word, As one that hath found great spoil.

١٦٣ 163 أَبْغَضْتُ ٱلْكَذِبَ وَكَرِهْتُهُ، أَمَّا شَرِيعَتُكَ فَأَحْبَبْتُهَا.

I hate and abhor lying, And thy law do I love.

١٦٤ 164 سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ فِي ٱلنَّهَارِ سَبَّحْتُكَ عَلَى أَحْكَامِ عَدْلِكَ.

Seven times a day do I praise thee On account of thy righteous judgments.

١٦٥ 165 سَلَامَةٌ جَزِيلَةٌ لِمُحِبِّي شَرِيعَتِكَ، وَلَيْسَ لَهُمْ مَعْثَرَةٌ.

Great peace have they who love thy law, And no evil shall befall them.

١٦٦ 166 رَجَوْتُ خَلَاصَكَ يَارَبُّ، وَوَصَايَاكَ عَمِلْتُ.

O LORD! I wait for thy salvation, And keep thy commandments!

١٦٧ 167 حَفِظَتْ نَفْسِي شَهَادَاتِكَ، وَأُحِبُّهَا جِدًّا.

My soul observeth thine ordinances, And loveth them exceedingly.

١٦٨ 168 حَفِظْتُ وَصَايَاكَ وَشَهَادَاتِكَ، لِأَنَّ كُلَّ طُرُقِي أَمَامَكَ.

I keep thy precepts and thine ordinances; For all my ways are before thee.

١٦٩ 169 لِيَبْلُغْ صُرَاخِي إِلَيْكَ يَارَبُّ. حَسَبَ كَلَامِكَ فَهِّمْنِي.

Let my prayer come near before thee, O LORD! According to thy promise, give me understanding!

١٧٠ 170 لِتَدْخُلْ طِلْبَتِي إِلَى حَضْرَتِكَ. كَكَلِمَتِكَ نَجِّنِي.

Let my supplication come before thee; O deliver me according to thy promise!

١٧١ 171 تُنَبِّعُ شَفَتَايَ تَسْبِيحًا إِذَا عَلَّمْتَنِي فَرَائِضَكَ.

My lips shall pour forth praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.

١٧٢ 172 يُغَنِّي لِسَانِي بِأَقْوَالِكَ، لِأَنَّ كُلَّ وَصَايَاكَ عَدْلٌ.

My tongue shall sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are right.

١٧٣ 173 لِتَكُنْ يَدُكَ لِمَعُونَتِي، لِأَنَّنِي ٱخْتَرْتُ وَصَايَاكَ.

Let thy hand be my help; For I have chosen thy precepts!

١٧٤ 174 ٱشْتَقْتُ إِلَى خَلَاصِكَ يَارَبُّ، وَشَرِيعَتُكَ هِيَ لَذَّتِي.

I long for thy salvation, O LORD! And thy law is my delight!

١٧٥ 175 لِتَحْيَ نَفْسِي وَتُسَبِّحَكَ، وَأَحْكَامُكَ لِتُعِنِّي.

Let me live, and I will praise thee; Let thy judgments help me!

١٧٦ 176 ضَلَلْتُ، كَشَاةٍ ضَالَّةٍ. ٱطْلُبْ عَبْدَكَ، لِأَنِّي لَمْ أَنْسَ وَصَايَاكَ.

I wander like a lost sheep; seek thy servant, For I do not forget thy commandments!

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