اَلْمَزَامِيرُ 73

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

A psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those with a pure heart.

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

But as for me, my feet almost slipped; my feet almost slipped out from under me

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

because I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

٤ 4 لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَتْ فِي مَوْتِهِمْ شَدَائِدُ، وَجِسْمُهُمْ سَمِينٌ.

For they have no pain until their death, but they are strong and well fed.

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

They are free from the burdens of other men; they are not afflicted like other men.

٦ 6 لِذَلِكَ تَقَلَّدُوا ٱلْكِبْرِيَاءَ. لَبِسُوا كَثَوْبٍ ظُلْمَهُمْ.

Pride adorns them like a necklace around their neck; violence clothes them like a robe.

٧ 7 جَحَظَتْ عُيُونُهُمْ مِنَ ٱلشَّحْمِ. جَاوَزُوا تَصَوُّرَاتِ ٱلْقَلْبِ.

Out of such blindness comes sin; evil thoughts pass through their hearts.

٨ 8 يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ وَيَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِٱلشَّرِّ ظُلْمًا. مِنَ ٱلْعَلَاءِ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ.

They mock and speak wickedly; in their arrogance they threaten oppression.

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

They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongues march through the earth.

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

Therefore his people turn to them and abundant waters are drained out.

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

They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge with the Most High?”

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

Take notice: these people are wicked; they are always carefree, becoming richer and richer.

١٣ 13 حَقًّا قَدْ زَكَّيْتُ قَلْبِي بَاطِلًا وَغَسَلْتُ بِٱلنَّقَاوَةِ يَدَيَّ.

Surely it is in vain that I have guarded my heart and washed my hands in innocence.

١٤ 14 وَكُنْتُ مُصَابًا ٱلْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ، وَتَأَدَّبْتُ كُلَّ صَبَاحٍ.

For all the day long I have been afflicted and disciplined every morning.

١٥ 15 لَوْ قُلْتُ أُحَدِّثُ هَكَذَا، لَغَدَرْتُ بِجِيلِ بَنِيكَ.

If I had said, “I will say these things,” then I would have betrayed this generation of your children.

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

Though I tried to understand these things, it was too difficult for me.

١٧ 17 حَتَّى دَخَلْتُ مَقَادِسَ ٱللهِ، وَٱنْتَبَهْتُ إِلَى آخِرَتِهِمْ.

Then I went into God's sanctuary and came to understand their fate.

١٨ 18 حَقًّا فِي مَزَالِقَ جَعَلْتَهُمْ. أَسْقَطْتَهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَوَارِ.

Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.

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

How they become a wilderness in a moment! They come to an end and are finished in awful terrors.

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

They are like a dream after one wakes up; Lord, when you arise, you will think nothing of those dreams.

٢١ 21 لِأَنَّهُ تَمَرْمَرَ قَلْبِي، وَٱنْتَخَسْتُ فِي كُلْيَتَيَّ.

For my heart was grieved, and I was deeply wounded.

٢٢ 22 وَأَنَا بَلِيدٌ وَلَا أَعْرِفُ. صِرْتُ كَبَهِيمٍ عِنْدَكَ.

I was ignorant and lacked insight; I was like a senseless animal before you.

٢٣ 23 وَلَكِنِّي دَائِمًا مَعَكَ. أَمْسَكْتَ بِيَدِي ٱلْيُمْنَى.

Yet I am always with you; you hold my right hand.

٢٤ 24 بِرَأْيِكَ تَهْدِينِي، وَبَعْدُ إِلَى مَجْدٍ تَأْخُذُنِي.

You will guide me with your advice and afterward receive me to glory.

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

Whom have I in heaven but you? There is no one on earth that I desire but you.

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

My flesh and my heart grow weak, but God is the strength of my heart forever.

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

Those who are far from you will perish; you will destroy all those who are unfaithful to you.

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

But as for me, all I need to do is to approach God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge. I will declare all your deeds.