المَزامِير 105

١ 1 قَدِّمُوا الشُّكْرَ لِلرَّبِّ. ادْعُوا بِاسْمِهِ. عَرِّفُوا بِأَعْمَالِهِ بَيْنَ الشُّعُوبِ.

Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon his name; declare his works among the heathen.

٢ 2 غَنُّوا لَهُ، اشْدُوا لَهُ. حَدِّثُوا بِكُلِّ عَجَائِبِهِ.

Sing to him, yea, sing praises to him: tell forth all his wonderful works.

٣ 3 تَبَاهَوْا بِاسْمِهِ الْقُدُّوسِ، لِتَفْرَحْ قُلُوبُ طَالِبِي الرَّبِّ.

Glory in his holy name: let the heart of them that seek the Lord rejoice.

٤ 4 اطْلُبُوا الرَّبَّ وَقُوَّتَهُ، الْتَمِسُوا وَجْهَهُ دَائِماً.

Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened; seek his face continually.

٥ 5 اذْكُرُوا عَجَائِبَهُ الَّتِي صَنَعَهَا، مُعْجِزَاتِهِ وَأَحْكَامَهُ الَّتِي نَطَقَ بِها.

Remember his wonderful works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

٦ 6 يَا ذُرِّيَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَبْدِهِ، يَا بَنِي يَعْقُوبَ الَّذِينَ اخْتَارَهُمْ.

[ye] seed of Abraam, his servants, [ye] children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

٧ 7 هُوَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا، أَحْكَامُهُ تَمْلأُ الأَرْضَ كُلَّهَا.

He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

٨ 8 لَمْ يَنْسَ عَهْدَهُ قَطُّ وَلَا وَعْدَهُ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ إِلَى أَلْفِ جِيلٍ،

He has remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded for a thousand generation:

٩ 9 الْعَهْدَ الَّذِي أَبْرَمَهُ مَعَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَالْقَسَمَ الَّذِي أَقْسَمَ بِهِ لإِسْحَاقَ.

which he established as a covenant to Abraam, and [he remembered] his oath to Isaac.

١٠ 10 ثُمَّ ثَبَّتَهُ لِيَعْقُوبَ فَرِيضَةً، وَلإِسْرَائِيلَ مِيثَاقاً أَبَدِيًّا،

And he established it to Jacob for an ordinance, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant;

١١ 11 قَائِلاً: «لَكَ أُعْطِي أَرْضَ كَنْعَانَ نَصِيبَ مِيرَاثٍ لَكُمْ».

saying To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the line of your inheritance:

١٢ 12 إِذْ كَانُوا قِلَّةً بَعْدُ، نَفَراً ضَئِيلاً مُتَغَرِّبِينَ فِي الأَرْضِ.

when they were few in number, very few, and sojourners in it.

١٣ 13 مُتَنَقِّلِينَ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ إِلَى أُمَّةٍ، وَمِنْ مَمْلَكَةٍ إِلَى أُخْرَى.

And they went from nation to nation, and from [one] kingdom to another people.

١٤ 14 فَلَمْ يَدَعْ أَيَّ إِنْسَانٍ يَظْلِمُهُمْ، بَلْ وَبَّخَ مُلُوكاً مِنْ أَجْلِهِمْ.

He suffered no man to wrong them; and he rebuked kings for their sakes:

١٥ 15 قَائِلاً: «لَا تَمَسُّوا مُسَحَائِي، وَلَا تُؤْذُوا أَنْبِيَائِي».

[saying], Touch not my anointed ones; and do my prophets no harm.

١٦ 16 ثُمَّ أَفْشَى مَجَاعَةً فِي الأَرْضِ، وَقَطَعَ الْخُبْزَ قِوَامَ طَعَامِهِمْ.

Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole support of bread.

١٧ 17 لَكِنَّهُ أَرْسَلَ أَمَامَهُمْ يُوسُفَ، فَبِيعَ عَبْداً.

He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a slave.

١٨ 18 آذَوْا بِالْقُيُودِ قَدَمَيْهِ، وَبِالْحَدِيدِ طَوَّقُوا عُنُقَهُ.

They hurt his feet with fetters; his soul passed into iron,

١٩ 19 إِلَى أَنْ تَحَقَّقَ تَفْسِيرُهُ لِلأَحْلامِ فِي أَوَانِهِ، وَبَرْهَنَتْ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ صِدْقَهُ.

until the time that his cause came on; the word of the Lord tried him as fire.

٢٠ 20 فَأَرْسَلَ الْمَلِكُ وَأَطْلَقَهُ، حَاكِمُ الشَّعْبِ حَرَّرَهُ.

The king sent and loosed him; [even] the prince of the people, and let him go free.

٢١ 21 أَقَامَهُ سَيِّداً عَلَى قَصْرِهِ، وَمُتَسَلِّطاً عَلَى جَمِيعِ أَمْلاكِهِ.

He made him Lord over his house, and ruler of all his substance;

٢٢ 22 يَتَصَرَّفُ بِوُلاتِهِ حَسَبَ مَسَرَّتِهِ، وَيُلَقِّنُ شُيُوخَهُ الْحِكْمَةَ.

to chastise his rulers at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.

٢٣ 23 ثُمَّ جَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلُ إِلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ. تَغَرَّبَ يَعْقُوبُ فِي بَلَدِ حَامٍ.

Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Cham.

٢٤ 24 فَكَثَّرَ اللهُ شَعْبَهُ، وَجَعَلَهُ أَقْوَى مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِ،

And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their enemies.

٢٥ 25 الَّذِينَ حَوَّلَ قُلُوبَهُمْ لِيُبْغِضُوا شَعْبَهُ، وَيَكِيدُوا لِعَبِيدِهِ.

And he turned their heart to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.

٢٦ 26 عِنْدَئِذٍ أَرْسَلَ مُوسَى عَبْدَهُ وَهَارُونَ مُخْتَارَهُ.

He sent fort Moses his servant, [and] Aaron whom he had chosen.

٢٧ 27 فَأَجْرَيَا بَيْنَهُمْ آيَاتِهِ، وَصَنَعَا عَجَائِبَ فِي مِصْرَ.

He established among them his signs, and [his] wonders in the land of Cham.

٢٨ 28 بَعَثَ ظَلاماً، تَغَشَّتْ بِهِ الأَرْضُ، وَلَكِنَّ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ عَانَدُوا كَلِمَتَهُ.

He sent forth darkness, and made it dark; yet they rebelled against his words.

٢٩ 29 حَوَّلَ مِيَاهَهُمْ إِلَى دَمٍ وَأَمَاتَ أَسْمَاكَهُمْ.

He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

٣٠ 30 فَاضَتْ أَرْضُهُمْ ضَفَادِعَ حَتَّى بَلَغَتْ مَخَادِعَ مُلُوكِهِمْ.

Their land produced frogs abundantly, in the chambers of their kings.

٣١ 31 أَمَرَ فَأَقْبَلَ الذُّبَابُ وَالْبَعُوضُ فَانْتَشَرَ فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِهِمْ

He spoke, and the dog-fly came, and lice in all their coasts.

٣٢ 32 أَمْطَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ بَرَداً وَأَلْهَبَ أَرْضَهُمْ بِالْبُرُوقِ.

He turned their rain into hail, [and sent] flaming fire in their land.

٣٣ 33 ضَرَبَ كُرُومَهُمْ وَتِينَهُمْ، وَهَشَّمَ كُلَّ أَشْجَارِهِمْ

And he smote their vines and their fig trees; and broke every tree of their coast.

٣٤ 34 أَمَرَ، فَتَوَافَدَ الْجَرَادُ الطَّيَّارُ وَالزَّحَّافُ بِأَعْدَادٍ لَا تُحْصَى،

He spoke, and the locust came, and caterpillars innumerable,

٣٥ 35 فَالْتَهَمَ كُلَّ عُشْبِ أَرْضِهِمْ، وَأَكَلَ ثِمَارَ حُقُولِهِمْ.

and devoured all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of the ground.

٣٦ 36 ثُمَّ قَتَلَ الرَّبُّ جَمِيعَ أَبْكَارِ أَرْضِهِمْ، أَوَائِلَ ثِمَارِ خُصُوبَتِهِمْ جَمِيعاً.

He smote also every first-born of their land, the first-fruits of all their labour.

٣٧ 37 وَأَخْرَجَ شَعْبَهُ مُحَمَّلِينَ بِفِضَّةٍ وَذَهَبٍ، وَلَمْ يَتَعَثَّرْ فِي الْمَسِيرِ مِنْ عَشَائِرِهِمْ وَاحِدٌ.

And he brought them out with silver and gold; and there was not a feeble one among their tribes.

٣٨ 38 فَرِحَ أَهْلُ مِصْرَ بِخُرُوجِهِمْ لأَنَّ رُعْبَهُمْ غَلَبَ عَلَيْهِمْ.

Egypt rejoiced at their departing; for the fear of them fell upon them.

٣٩ 39 نَشَرَ سَحَابَةً فَوْقَ شَعْبِهِ، غِطَاءً لَهُمْ، وَأَرْسَلَ نَاراً تُضِيءُ لَهُمْ لَيْلاً.

He spread out a cloud for a covering to them, and fire to give them light by night.

٤٠ 40 طَلَبُوا طَعَاماً فَبَعَثَ لَهُمْ طُيُورَ السَّلْوَى وَمِنْ خُبْزِ السَّمَاءِ أَشْبَعَهُمْ.

They asked, and the quail came, and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

٤١ 41 فَلَقَ الصَّخْرَةَ وَفَجَّرَ مِنْهَا الْمِيَاهَ، فَجَرَتْ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ كَأَنَّهَا نَهْرٌ.

He clave the rock, and the waters flowed, rivers ran in dry places.

٤٢ 42 لأَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ كَلِمَتَهُ الْمُقَدَّسَةَ الَّتِي وَعَدَ بِها إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَبْدَهُ.

For he remembered his holy word, which [he promised] to Abraam his servant.

٤٣ 43 وَهَكَذَا أَخْرَجَ شَعْبَهُ مِنْ مِصْرَ بِابْتِهَاجٍ وَمُخْتَارِيهِ بِتَرَانِيمِ الظَّفَرِ.

And he brought out his people with exultation, and his chosen with joy;

٤٤ 44 وَوَهَبَهُمْ أَرَاضِيَ الأُمَمِ، فَامْتَلَكُوا غَلَّاتٍ تَعِبَتْ فِيهَا شُعُوبٌ أُخْرَى.

and gave them the lands of the heathen; and they inherited the labours of the people;

٤٥ 45 لِيُمَارِسُوا فَرَائِضَهُ وَيُطِيعُوا شَرَائِعَهُ. هَلِّلُويَا.

that they might keep his ordinances, and diligently seek his law.