المَزامِير 109

١ 1 لِقَائِدِ الْمُنْشِدِينَ – مَزْمُورٌ لِدَاوُدَ يَا اللهُ، يَا مَنْ أُسَبِّحُهُ، لَا تَعْتَصِمْ بِالصَّمْتِ.

“To the chief musician, by David, a psalm.” O God of my praise, do not keep silence.

٢ 2 فَقَدْ فَغَرَ أَشْرَارٌ مُخَادِعُونَ أَفْوَاهَهُمْ ضِدِّي، وَتَقَوَّلُوا عَلَيَّ بِالكَذِبِ،

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken with me with the tongue of falsehood.

٣ 3 يُحَاصِرُونَنِي بِكَلامِ بُغْضٍ، وَيُهَاجِمُونَنِي مِنْ غَيْرِ عِلَّةٍ.

Also with words of hatred have they encompassed me, and they fight against me without a cause.

٤ 4 يُبَادِلُونَ مَحَبَّتِي بِخِصَامٍ، أَمَّا أَنَا فَأُصَلِّي مِنْ أَجْلِهِمْ.

In recompense for my love are they my accusers, while I have nothing but prayer.

٥ 5 يُجَازُونَنِي شَرّاً مُقَابِلَ خَيْرِي، وَبُغْضاً بَدَلَ حُبِّي.

And they impose evil on me in recompense for good, and hatred in lieu of my love.

٦ 6 وَلِّ عَلَى عَدُوِّي قَاضِياً ظَالِماً، وَلْيَقِفْ خَصْمُهُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ يَتَّهِمُهُ جَوْراً.

Appoint thou a wicked man over him: and let an accuser stand at his right hand.

٧ 7 عِنْدَ مُحَاكَمَتِهِ لِيَثْبُتْ عَلَيْهِ ذَنْبُهُ، وَلْتُحْسَبْ لَهُ صَلاتُهُ خَطِيئَةً.

When he is to be judged, let him go forth guilty, and let his prayer become sin.

٨ 8 لِتَقْصُرْ أَيَّامُهُ وَلْيَتَوَلَّ وَظِيفَتَهُ آخَرُ.

Let his days be few, and let another take his office.

٩ 9 لِيَتَيَتَّمْ بَنُوهُ وَتَتَرَمَّلْ زَوْجَتُهُ.

Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

١٠ 10 لِيَتَشَرَّدْ بَنُوهُ وَيَسْتَعْطُوا، وَلْيَلْتَمِسُوا قُوتَهُمْ بَعِيداً عَنْ خَرَائِبِ سُكْنَاهُمْ.

Let his children be continually moving about, and beg, and let them seek [their bread] out of their ruined places.

١١ 11 لِيَسْتَرْهِنِ الْمُدَايِنُ كُلَّ مُمْتَلَكَاتِهِ، وَلْيَنْهَبِ الْغُرَبَاءُ ثِمَارَ تَعَبِهِ.

Let the creditor lay snares after all that he hath, and let strangers plunder his labor.

١٢ 12 لِيَنْقَرِضْ مَنْ يَتَرَاءَفُ عَلَيْهِ، وَلْيَنْقَطِعْ مَنْ يَتَحَنَّنُ عَلَى أَيْتَامِهِ.

Let him have none that extendeth kindness, and let there be none that is gracious to his fatherless children.

١٣ 13 لِيَنْقَرِضْ نَسْلُهُ وَلْيُمْحَ اسْمُهُمْ مِنَ الْجِيلِ الْقَادِمِ.

Let his posterity be cut off: in another generation let their name be blotted out.

١٤ 14 لِيَذْكُرِ الرَّبُّ إِثْمَ آبَائِهِ، وَلَا يَغْفِرْ خَطِيئَةَ أُمِّهِ.

Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the Lord, and let the sin of his mother not be blotted out.

١٥ 15 لِتَمْثُلْ خَطَايَاهُمْ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ دَائِماً كَيْ يَسْتَأْصِلَ مِنَ الأَرْضِ ذِكْرَهُمْ.

Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off from the earth their memory.

١٦ 16 لأَنَّهُ تَغَافَلَ عَنْ إِبْدَاءِ الرَّحْمَةِ، بَلْ تَعَقَّبَ الفَقِيرَ الْمُنْسَحِقَ الْقَلْبِ، لِيُمِيتَهُ.

For the reason that he remembered not to show kindness; but persecuted the poor and needy man, and the grieved in heart to put him to death.

١٧ 17 أَحَبَّ اللَّعْنَةَ فَلَحِقَتْ بِهِ، وَلَمْ يُسَرَّ بِالْبَرَكَةِ فَابْتَعَدَتْ عَنْهُ.

As he loved cursing, so let it come over him: and as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

١٨ 18 اكْتَسَى اللَّعْنَةَ كَرِدَاءٍ، فَتَسَرَّبَتْ إِلَى بَاطِنِهِ كَالْمِيَاهِ وَإِلَى عِظَامِهِ كَالزَّيْتِ.

And he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, and it cometh like water within him, and like oil into his bones.

١٩ 19 فَلْتَكُنْ لَهُ كَرِدَاءٍ يَتَلَفَّعُ بِهِ، وَكَحِزَامٍ يَتَنَطَّقُ بِهِ دَائِماً.

Let it be unto him as a garment in which he wrappeth himself, and for a girdle let him be continually girded with it.

٢٠ 20 هَذِهِ أُجْرَةُ مُبْغِضِيَّ مِنْ عِنْدِ الرَّبِّ، النَّاطِقِينَ شَرّاً عَلَى نَفْسِي.

Let this be the reward of my accusers from the Lord, and of those that speak evil against my soul.

٢١ 21 أَمَّا أَنْتَ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ السَّيِّدُ فَأَحْسِنْ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَجْلِ اسْمِكَ، وَأَنْقِذْنِي لأَنَّ رَحْمَتَكَ صَالِحَةٌ.

But thou, O Eternal Lord, deal with me for the sake of thy name: because thy kindness is good, deliver thou me.

٢٢ 22 فَإِنِّي فَقِيرٌ وَمِسْكِينٌ وَقَلْبِي جَرِيحٌ فِي دَاخِلِي.

For poor and needy am I, and my heart is deeply wounded within me.

٢٣ 23 قَدْ تَلاشَيْتُ كَالظِّلِّ عِنْدَ الْمَغِيبِ، وَانْتَفَضْتُ كَجَرَادَةٍ.

Like the shadow when it declineth do I hasten away: I am driven suddenly off like the locusts.

٢٤ 24 وَهَنَتْ رُكْبَتَايَ مِنَ الصَّوْمِ، وَهُزِلَ جَسَدِي كَثِيراً.

My knees stumble through fasting, and my flesh faileth of fatness.

٢٥ 25 صِرْتُ عِنْدَهُمْ عَاراً، يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيَّ فَيَهُزُّونَ رُؤُوسَهُمْ شَامِتِينَ.

And I am become a reproach unto them: when they see me, they shake their head.

٢٦ 26 أَعِنِّي يَا رَبُّ يَا إِلَهِي، خَلِّصْنِي بِمُقْتَضَى رَحْمَتِكَ.

Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy kindness:

٢٧ 27 فَيُدْرِكُوا أَنَّ هَذِهِ هِيَ يَدُكَ، وَأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ يَا رَبُّ قَدْ فَعَلْتَ هَذَا الأَمْرَ.

That they may know that this is thy hand: that thou, Lord, hast truly done it.

٢٨ 28 هُمْ يَلْعَنُونَنِي أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَتُبَارِكُنِي. لِيَخْزَ المُشْتَكُونَ عَلَيَّ، فَأَفْرَحَ أَنَا عَبْدَكَ.

Let them then curse, but do thou bless: when they arise, let them be made ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.

٢٩ 29 لِيَكْتَسِ خُصُومِي خَجَلاً، وَلْيَتَلَفَّعُوا بِخِزْيِهِمْ كَالرِّدَاءِ.

Let my accusers be clothed with confusion, and let them wrap themselves, as with a mantle, in their own shame.

٣٠ 30 بِهُتَافٍ أَرْفَعُ لِلرَّبِّ شُكْراً عَظِيماً، وَفِي وَسَطِ جُمْهُورٍ غَفِيرٍ أُسَبِّحُهُ.

I will thank the Lord greatly with my mouth, and in the midst of many will I praise him.

٣١ 31 لأَنَّهُ يَقِفُ عَنْ يَمِينِ المَظْلُومِ لِيُخَلِّصَهُ مِنَ الْحَاكِمِينَ عَلَيْهِ بِالْمَوْتِ.

For he ever standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge his soul.