المَزامِير 105

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

Give thanks to the LORD! Call on his name! Make his doings known amongst the peoples.

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

Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvellous works.

٣ 3 تَبَاهَوْا بِاسْمِهِ الْقُدُّوسِ، لِتَفْرَحْ قُلُوبُ طَالِبِي الرَّبِّ.

Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

٤ 4 اطْلُبُوا الرَّبَّ وَقُوَّتَهُ، الْتَمِسُوا وَجْهَهُ دَائِماً.

Seek the LORD and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

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

Remember his marvellous works that he has done: his wonders, and the judgements of his mouth,

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

you offspring of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

٧ 7 هُوَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا، أَحْكَامُهُ تَمْلأُ الأَرْضَ كُلَّهَا.

He is the LORD, our God. His judgements are in all the earth.

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

He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

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

the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,

١٠ 10 ثُمَّ ثَبَّتَهُ لِيَعْقُوبَ فَرِيضَةً، وَلإِسْرَائِيلَ مِيثَاقاً أَبَدِيًّا،

and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

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

saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance,”

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

when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.

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

They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.

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

He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,

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

“Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!”

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

He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.

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 bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,

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

until the time that his word happened, and the LORD’s word proved him true.

٢٠ 20 فَأَرْسَلَ الْمَلِكُ وَأَطْلَقَهُ، حَاكِمُ الشَّعْبِ حَرَّرَهُ.

The king sent and freed him, even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.

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

He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions,

٢٢ 22 يَتَصَرَّفُ بِوُلاتِهِ حَسَبَ مَسَرَّتِهِ، وَيُلَقِّنُ شُيُوخَهُ الْحِكْمَةَ.

to discipline his princes 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. Jacob lived in the land of Ham.

٢٤ 24 فَكَثَّرَ اللهُ شَعْبَهُ، وَجَعَلَهُ أَقْوَى مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِ،

He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.

٢٥ 25 الَّذِينَ حَوَّلَ قُلُوبَهُمْ لِيُبْغِضُوا شَعْبَهُ، وَيَكِيدُوا لِعَبِيدِهِ.

He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.

٢٦ 26 عِنْدَئِذٍ أَرْسَلَ مُوسَى عَبْدَهُ وَهَارُونَ مُخْتَارَهُ.

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

٢٧ 27 فَأَجْرَيَا بَيْنَهُمْ آيَاتِهِ، وَصَنَعَا عَجَائِبَ فِي مِصْرَ.

They performed miracles amongst them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

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

He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn’t rebel against his words.

٢٩ 29 حَوَّلَ مِيَاهَهُمْ إِلَى دَمٍ وَأَمَاتَ أَسْمَاكَهُمْ.

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

٣٠ 30 فَاضَتْ أَرْضُهُمْ ضَفَادِعَ حَتَّى بَلَغَتْ مَخَادِعَ مُلُوكِهِمْ.

Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings.

٣١ 31 أَمَرَ فَأَقْبَلَ الذُّبَابُ وَالْبَعُوضُ فَانْتَشَرَ فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِهِمْ

He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.

٣٢ 32 أَمْطَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ بَرَداً وَأَلْهَبَ أَرْضَهُمْ بِالْبُرُوقِ.

He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land.

٣٣ 33 ضَرَبَ كُرُومَهُمْ وَتِينَهُمْ، وَهَشَّمَ كُلَّ أَشْجَارِهِمْ

He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.

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

He spoke, and the locusts came with the grasshoppers, without number.

٣٥ 35 فَالْتَهَمَ كُلَّ عُشْبِ أَرْضِهِمْ، وَأَكَلَ ثِمَارَ حُقُولِهِمْ.

They ate up every plant in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.

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

He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.

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

He brought them out with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person amongst his tribes.

٣٨ 38 فَرِحَ أَهْلُ مِصْرَ بِخُرُوجِهِمْ لأَنَّ رُعْبَهُمْ غَلَبَ عَلَيْهِمْ.

Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them.

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

He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.

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

They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.

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

He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.

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

For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.

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

He brought his people out with joy, his chosen with singing.

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

He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labour of the peoples in possession,

٤٥ 45 لِيُمَارِسُوا فَرَائِضَهُ وَيُطِيعُوا شَرَائِعَهُ. هَلِّلُويَا.

that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise the LORD!