المَزامِير 103

١ 1 بَارِكِي يَا نَفْسِي الرَّبَّ، وَلْيَحْمَدْ كُلُّ مَا فِي دَاخِلِي اسْمَهُ الْقُدُّوسَ.

Bless, O my soul, Yahweh, —And all that is within me, his holy Name;

٢ 2 بَارِكِي يَا نَفْسِي الرَّبَّ، وَلَا تَنْسَيْ جَمِيعَ خَيْرَاتِهِ.

Bless, O my soul, Yahweh, And forget not all his dealings: —

٣ 3 إِنَّهُ يَغْفِرُ جَمِيعَ آثَامِكِ وَيُبْرِئُ كُلَّ أَمْرَاضِكِ.

Who forgiveth all thine iniquity, Who healeth all thy diseases;

٤ 4 وَيَفْدِي مِنَ الْمَوْتِ حَيَاتَكِ وَيُتَوِّجُكِ بِالرَّحْمَةِ وَالرَّأْفَةِ.

Who redeemeth, from destruction, thy life, Who crowneth thee, with lovingkindness and compassion:

٥ 5 وَيُشْبِعُ بِالْخَيْرِ عُمْرَكِ فَيَتَجَدَّدُ كَالنَّسْرِ شَبَابُكِ.

Who satisfieth, with good, thine age, Thy youth, reneweth itself like an eagle.

٦ 6 الرَّبُّ يَحْكُمُ بِالعَدْلِ وَيُنْصِفُ جَمِيعَ الْمَظْلُومِينَ.

Yahweh is one, who executeth righteousness, Yea vindication for all the oppressed.

٧ 7 أَطْلَعَ مُوسَى عَلَى طُرُقِهِ وَبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى أَفْعَالِهِ.

Who made known his ways unto Moses, unto the sons of Israel, his doings.

٨ 8 الرَّبُّ رَحِيمٌ وَرَؤُوفٌ، بَطِيءُ الْغَضَبِ وَوَافِرُ الرَّحْمَةِ.

Compassionate and gracious, is Yahweh, —Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness.

٩ 9 لَا يَسْخَطُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ وَلَا يَحْقِدُ إِلَى الدَّهْرِ.

Not perpetually, will he contend, Nor age-abidingly, retain anger;

١٠ 10 لَمْ يُعَامِلْنَا حَسَبَ خَطَايَانَا وَلَمْ يُجَازِنَا حَسَبَ آثَامِنَا.

Not according to our sins, hath he dealt with us, Nor according to our iniquities, hath he treated us.

١١ 11 مِثْلَ ارْتِفَاعِ السَّمَاوَاتِ فَوْقَ الأَرْضِ، تَعَاظَمَتْ رَحْمَتُهُ عَلَى مُتَّقِيهِ.

For, as the heavens are exalted over the earth, His lovingkindness hath prevailed over them who revere him;

١٢ 12 وَكَبُعْدِ الْمَشْرِقِ عَنِ الْمَغْرِبِ أَبْعَدَ عَنَّا مَعَاصِيَنَا.

As far as East from West, Hath he put far from us, our transgressions;

١٣ 13 مِثْلَمَا يَعْطِفُ الأَبُ عَلَى بَنِيهِ يَعْطِفُ الرَّبُّ عَلَى أَتْقِيَائِهِ.

Like the compassion of a father for his children, Is, the compassion of Yahweh, for them who revere him;

١٤ 14 لأَنَّهُ يَعْرِفُ ضَعْفَنَا وَيَذْكُرُ أَنَّنَا جُبِلْنَا مِنْ تُرَابٍ.

For, he, knoweth how we are formed, He is mindful that, dust, we are.

١٥ 15 أَيَّامُ الإِنْسَانِ مِثْلُ الْعُشْبِ وَزَهْرِ الْحَقْلِ،

As for man, like grass, are his days, Like the blossom of the field, so, doth he blossom;

١٦ 16 تَهُبُّ عَلَيْهِ الرِّيحُ فَيَفْنَى، وَلَا يَعُودُ مَوْضِعُهُ يَتَذَكَّرُهُ فِيمَا بَعْدُ.

For, a wind, hath passed over it, and it is gone, And its own place is acquainted with it no more.

١٧ 17 أَمَّا رَحْمَةُ الرَّبِّ فَهِيَ مِنَ الأَزَلِ وَإِلَى الأَبَدِ عَلَى مُتَّقِيهِ، وَعَدْلُهُ يَمْتَدُّ إِلَى بَنِي الْبَنِينَ،

But, the lovingkindness of Yahweh, is from one age even to another, Upon them who revere him, And his righteousness, to children’s children: —

١٨ 18 لِلَّذِينَ يُرَاعُونَ عَهْدَهُ وَالَّذِينَ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ وَصَايَاهُ وَيُمَارِسُونَهَا.

To such as keep his covenant, And remember his precepts, to do them.

١٩ 19 الرَّبُّ ثَبَّتَ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ عَرْشَهُ، وَمَمْلَكَتُهُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ الْبَشَرِ تَسُودُ.

Yahweh, in the heavens, hath established his throne, And, his kingdom, over all, hath dominion.

٢٠ 20 بَارِكُوا الرَّبَّ يَا مَلائِكَتَهُ الْمُقْتَدِرِينَ قُوَّةً، الْفَاعِلِينَ أَمْرَهُ فَوْرَ صُدُورِ كَلِمَتِهِ.

Bless Yahweh, ye messengers of his, —Heroes of vigour, doing his word, To hearken [again] to the voice of his word;

٢١ 21 بَارِكُوا الرَّبَّ يَا جَمِيعَ جُنُودِهِ، يَا خُدَّامَهُ الْعَامِلِينَ رِضَاهُ.

Bless Yahweh, all ye his hosts, Attendants of his, doing his pleasure;

٢٢ 22 بَارِكُوا الرَّبَّ يَا كُلَّ خَلِيقَتِهِ، فِي كُلِّ مَوَاضِعِ سُلْطَانِهِ. بَارِكِي يَا نَفْسِي الرَّبَّ.

Bless Yahweh, all ye his works, In all places of his dominion, Bless, O my soul, Yahweh.