اَلْمَزَامِيرُ 73

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

A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart.

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

But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

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

For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

٤ 4 لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَتْ فِي مَوْتِهِمْ شَدَائِدُ، وَجِسْمُهُمْ سَمِينٌ.

For [there are] no bands in their death: but their strength [is] firm.

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

They [are] not in trouble [as other] men; neither are they plagued like [other] men.

٦ 6 لِذَلِكَ تَقَلَّدُوا ٱلْكِبْرِيَاءَ. لَبِسُوا كَثَوْبٍ ظُلْمَهُمْ.

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment.

٧ 7 جَحَظَتْ عُيُونُهُمْ مِنَ ٱلشَّحْمِ. جَاوَزُوا تَصَوُّرَاتِ ٱلْقَلْبِ.

Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

٨ 8 يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ وَيَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِٱلشَّرِّ ظُلْمًا. مِنَ ٱلْعَلَاءِ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ.

They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily.

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

They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

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

Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full [cup] are wrung out to them.

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

And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

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

Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches.

١٣ 13 حَقًّا قَدْ زَكَّيْتُ قَلْبِي بَاطِلًا وَغَسَلْتُ بِٱلنَّقَاوَةِ يَدَيَّ.

Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

١٤ 14 وَكُنْتُ مُصَابًا ٱلْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ، وَتَأَدَّبْتُ كُلَّ صَبَاحٍ.

For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

١٥ 15 لَوْ قُلْتُ أُحَدِّثُ هَكَذَا، لَغَدَرْتُ بِجِيلِ بَنِيكَ.

If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children.

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

When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me;

١٧ 17 حَتَّى دَخَلْتُ مَقَادِسَ ٱللهِ، وَٱنْتَبَهْتُ إِلَى آخِرَتِهِمْ.

Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then] understood I their end.

١٨ 18 حَقًّا فِي مَزَالِقَ جَعَلْتَهُمْ. أَسْقَطْتَهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَوَارِ.

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

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

How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

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

As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

٢١ 21 لِأَنَّهُ تَمَرْمَرَ قَلْبِي، وَٱنْتَخَسْتُ فِي كُلْيَتَيَّ.

Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

٢٢ 22 وَأَنَا بَلِيدٌ وَلَا أَعْرِفُ. صِرْتُ كَبَهِيمٍ عِنْدَكَ.

So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a beast before thee.

٢٣ 23 وَلَكِنِّي دَائِمًا مَعَكَ. أَمْسَكْتَ بِيَدِي ٱلْيُمْنَى.

Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast holden [me] by my right hand.

٢٤ 24 بِرَأْيِكَ تَهْدِينِي، وَبَعْدُ إِلَى مَجْدٍ تَأْخُذُنِي.

Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me [to] glory.

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

Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none upon earth [that] I desire beside thee.

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

My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

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

For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

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

But [it is] good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.