اَلْمَزَامِيرُ 73

١ 1 مَزْمُورٌ. لِآسَافَ إِنَّمَا صَالِحٌ ٱللهُ لِإِسْرَائِيلَ، لِأَنْقِيَاءِ ٱلْقَلْبِ.

A psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, to those whose minds are pure.

٢ 2 أَمَّا أَنَا فَكَادَتْ تَزِلُّ قَدَمَايَ. لَوْلَا قَلِيلٌ لَزَلِقَتْ خَطَوَاتِي.

But I was stumbling, my feet were starting to slide,

٣ 3 لِأَنِّي غِرْتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ، إِذْ رَأَيْتُ سَلَامَةَ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ.

because I was jealous of self-important people—I saw how well the wicked were doing.

٤ 4 لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَتْ فِي مَوْتِهِمْ شَدَائِدُ، وَجِسْمُهُمْ سَمِينٌ.

They don't ever seem to get sick; they are strong and healthy.

٥ 5 لَيْسُوا فِي تَعَبِ ٱلنَّاسِ، وَمَعَ ٱلْبَشَرِ لَا يُصَابُونَ.

They don't have problems like other people; they don't get hit by disasters like everybody else.

٦ 6 لِذَلِكَ تَقَلَّدُوا ٱلْكِبْرِيَاءَ. لَبِسُوا كَثَوْبٍ ظُلْمَهُمْ.

They wear their pride like a necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.

٧ 7 جَحَظَتْ عُيُونُهُمْ مِنَ ٱلشَّحْمِ. جَاوَزُوا تَصَوُّرَاتِ ٱلْقَلْبِ.

Their eyes bulge out because they're so fat; their minds are full of selfish vanity.

٨ 8 يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ وَيَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِٱلشَّرِّ ظُلْمًا. مِنَ ٱلْعَلَاءِ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ.

They mock people, and speak maliciously; they arrogantly threaten cruelty.

٩ 9 جَعَلُوا أَفْوَاهَهُمْ فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ، وَأَلْسِنَتُهُمْ تَتَمَشَّى فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ.

They talk irreverently against heaven above, and defame people here on earth.

١٠ 10 لِذَلِكَ يَرْجِعُ شَعْبُهُ إِلَى هُنَا، وَكَمِيَاهٍ مُرْوِيَةٍ يُمْتَصُّونَ مِنْهُمْ.

As a result people turn to them and drink in everything they say.

١١ 11 وَقَالُوا: «كَيْفَ يَعْلَمُ ٱللهُ؟ وَهَلْ عِنْدَ ٱلْعَلِيِّ مَعْرِفَةٌ؟».

“God won't find out,” they say. “The Most High doesn't even know what's going on!”

١٢ 12 هُوَذَا هَؤُلَاءِ هُمُ ٱلْأَشْرَارُ، وَمُسْتَرِيحِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ يُكْثِرُونَ ثَرْوَةً.

Look at these wicked people! They don't have a care in the world, and they're always making money!

١٣ 13 حَقًّا قَدْ زَكَّيْتُ قَلْبِي بَاطِلًا وَغَسَلْتُ بِٱلنَّقَاوَةِ يَدَيَّ.

It's been pointless to keep my mind pure and my hands clean.

١٤ 14 وَكُنْتُ مُصَابًا ٱلْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ، وَتَأَدَّبْتُ كُلَّ صَبَاحٍ.

I'm cursed with suffering all day long; every morning I'm punished.

١٥ 15 لَوْ قُلْتُ أُحَدِّثُ هَكَذَا، لَغَدَرْتُ بِجِيلِ بَنِيكَ.

If I'd talked like this to others, I would have betrayed your people.

١٦ 16 فَلَمَّا قَصَدْتُ مَعْرِفَةَ هَذَا، إِذَا هُوَ تَعَبٌ فِي عَيْنَيَّ.

So I thought about it and tried to understand, but it looked like a lot of hard work to me—

١٧ 17 حَتَّى دَخَلْتُ مَقَادِسَ ٱللهِ، وَٱنْتَبَهْتُ إِلَى آخِرَتِهِمْ.

until I went into God's Temple. Then I understood what happens to the wicked in the end.

١٨ 18 حَقًّا فِي مَزَالِقَ جَعَلْتَهُمْ. أَسْقَطْتَهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَوَارِ.

For you send them on a slippery path; you throw them down to destruction.

١٩ 19 كَيْفَ صَارُوا لِلْخَرَابِ بَغْتَةً! ٱضْمَحَلُّوا، فَنُوا مِنَ ٱلدَّوَاهِي.

How quickly they're destroyed! They come to a terrifying end.

٢٠ 20 كَحُلْمٍ عِنْدَ ٱلتَّيَقُّظِ يَارَبُّ، عِنْدَ ٱلتَّيَقُّظِ تَحْتَقِرُ خَيَالَهُمْ.

Like waking up from a dream, Lord—when you get up you will forget all about them!

٢١ 21 لِأَنَّهُ تَمَرْمَرَ قَلْبِي، وَٱنْتَخَسْتُ فِي كُلْيَتَيَّ.

At that time my thoughts were bitter. I felt like I had been stabbed.

٢٢ 22 وَأَنَا بَلِيدٌ وَلَا أَعْرِفُ. صِرْتُ كَبَهِيمٍ عِنْدَكَ.

I was stupid and ignorant. I was like a brute beast to you.

٢٣ 23 وَلَكِنِّي دَائِمًا مَعَكَ. أَمْسَكْتَ بِيَدِي ٱلْيُمْنَى.

Yet I'm always with you; you hold me by the hand.

٢٤ 24 بِرَأْيِكَ تَهْدِينِي، وَبَعْدُ إِلَى مَجْدٍ تَأْخُذُنِي.

You tell me what to do; and ultimately you will welcome me in glory.

٢٥ 25 مَنْ لِي فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ؟ وَمَعَكَ لَا أُرِيدُ شَيْئًا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ.

Who is there in heaven for me except you? And I want nothing on earth except you.

٢٦ 26 قَدْ فَنِيَ لَحْمِي وَقَلْبِي. صَخْرَةُ قَلْبِي وَنَصِيبِي ٱللهُ إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ.

My body and my mind may fail, but God is the foundation of my life. He is mine forever!

٢٧ 27 لِأَنَّهُ هُوَذَا ٱلْبُعَدَاءُ عَنْكَ يَبِيدُونَ. تُهْلِكُ كُلَّ مَنْ يَزْنِي عَنْكَ.

Those people who are far from God will die. You destroy all those unfaithful to you.

٢٨ 28 أَمَّا أَنَا فَٱلِٱقْتِرَابُ إِلَى ٱللهِ حَسَنٌ لِي. جَعَلْتُ بِٱلسَّيِّدِ ٱلرَّبِّ مَلْجَإِي، لِأُخْبِرَ بِكُلِّ صَنَائِعِكَ.

But I love to stay close to God! I have chosen the Lord God to protect me. I will share all that you have done.