المَزامِير 31

١ 1 لِقَائِدِ الْمُنْشِدِينَ، مَزْمُورٌ لِدَاوُدَ يَا رَبُّ، إِلَيْكَ الْتَجَأْتُ فَلَا تَدَعْنِي أَخِيبُ مَدَى الدَّهْرِ. بِعَدْلِكَ نَجِّنِي.

Unto the end, a psalm for David, in an ecstasy. In thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me never be confounded: deliver me in thy justice.

٢ 2 أَدِرْ أُذُنَكَ نَحْوِي وَأَنْقِذْنِي سَرِيعاً. كُنْ لِي صَخْرَةً تَحْمِينِي وَمَعْقِلاً حَصِيناً يُخَلِّصُنِي،

Bow down thy ear to me: make haste to deliver me. Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a house of refuge, to save me.

٣ 3 إِذْ إِنَّكَ صَخْرَتِي وَقَلْعَتِي. وَمِنْ أَجْلِ اسْمِكَ تَقُودُنِي وَتَهْدِينِي.

For thou art my strength and my refuge; and for thy name’s sake thou wilt lead me, and nourish me.

٤ 4 أَطْلِقْنِي مِنَ الشَّبَكَةِ الَّتِي أَخْفَاهَا الأَشْرَارُ لِي، لأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ مَلْجَأِي.

Thou wilt bring me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me: for thou art my protector.

٥ 5 فِي يَدِكَ أَسْتَوْدِعُ رُوحِي. فَدَيْتَنِي أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهَ الْحَقِّ.

Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.

٦ 6 لَقَدْ أَبْغَضْتُ الْمُتَعَبِّدِينَ لِلأَصْنَامِ الْبَاطِلَةِ. أَمَّا أَنَا فَعَلَى الرَّبِّ تَوَكَّلْتُ.

Thou hast hated them that regard vanities, to no purpose. But I have hoped in the Lord:

٧ 7 أَفْرَحُ وَأَبْتَهِجُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ لأَنَّكَ قَدْ نَظَرْتَ إِلَى مَذَلَّتِي، وَعَرَفْتَ أَلَمَ نَفْسِي الْمُبَرِّحَ.

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. For thou best regarded my humility, thou hast saved my soul out of distresses.

٨ 8 لَمْ تُسَلِّمْنِي إِلَى قَبْضَةِ الْعَدُوِّ بَلْ أَوْقَفْتَنِي فِي أَرْضٍ فَسِيحَةٍ.

And thou hast not shut me up in the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a spacious place.

٩ 9 ارْحَمْنِي يَا رَبُّ فَأَنَا فِي ضِيقٍ: كَلَّتْ عَيْنَايَ غَمّاً، وَاعْتَلَّتْ نَفْسِي وَدَخِيلَتِي أَيْضاً.

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with wrath, my soul, and my belly:

١٠ 10 لأَنَّ حَيَاتِي قَدْ فَنِيَتْ بِالْحُزْنِ وَسِنِي حَيَاتِي بِالتَّنَهُّدِ. خَارَتْ قُوَايَ مِنْ قَصَاصِ إِثْمِي.

For my life is wasted with grief: and my years in sighs. My strength is weakened through poverty and my bones are disturbed.

١١ 11 صِرْتُ مُحْتَقَراً مِنْ كُلِّ أَعْدَائِي وَمَصْدَرَ رُعْبٍ لِجِيرَانِي. الَّذِينَ يَرَوْنَنِي فِي الشَّارِعِ يَتَهَرَّبُونَ مِنِّي.

I am become a reproach among all my enemies, and very much to my neighbours; and a fear to my acquaintance. They that saw me without fled from me.

١٢ 12 صِرْتُ مَنْسِيًّا كَمَا لَوْ كُنْتُ مَيْتاً، وَأَصْبَحْتُ كَإِنَاءٍ مُحَطَّمٍ،

I am forgotten as one dead from the heart. I am become as a vessel that is destroyed.

١٣ 13 لأَنِّي سَمِعْتُ الْمَذَمَّةَ مِنْ كَثِيرِينَ، حَتَّى بَاتَ الْخَوْفُ يُطَوِّقُنِي، إذْ يَتَآمَرُونَ جَمِيعاً عَلَيَّ، عَازِمِينَ عَلَى قَتْلِي.

For I have heard the blame of many that dwell round about. While they assembled together against me, they consulted to take away my life.

١٤ 14 غَيْرَ أَنِّي يَا رَبُّ عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ، وَقُلْتُ: أَنْتَ إِلَهِي،

But I have put my trust in thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my God.

١٥ 15 آجَالِي فِي يَدِكَ. نَجِّنِي مِنْ يَدِ أَعْدَائِي وَمِنْ مُطَارِدِيَّ.

My lots are in thy hands. Deliver me out of the hands of my enemies; and from them that persecute me.

١٦ 16 لِيُشْرِقْ وَجْهُكَ عَلَى عَبْدِكَ وَخَلِّصْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ.

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy mercy.

١٧ 17 لَا تَدَعْنِي يَا رَبُّ أَخْزَى، فَإِنِّي دَعَوْتُكَ. لِيَخْزَ الأَشْرَارُ وَلْيَنْزِلُوا إِلَى هُوَّةِ الْمَوْتِ وَيَسْكُتُوا إِلَى الأَبَدِ. (Sheol h7585)

Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee. Let the wicked be ashamed, and be brought down to hell. (Sheol h7585)

١٨ 18 لِتَخْرَسِ الشِّفَاهُ الْكَاذِبَةُ، النَّاطِقَةُ بِكِبْرِيَاءَ وَازْدِرَاءٍ وَوَقَاحَةٍ عَلَى الصِّدِّيقِ.

Let deceitful lips be made dumb. Which speak iniquity against the just, with pride and abuse.

١٩ 19 يَا رَبُّ، مَا أَعْظَمَ صَلاحَكَ الَّذِي ذَخَرْتَهُ لِخَائِفِيكَ، وَأَظْهَرْتَهُ لِلْوَاثِقِينَ بِكَ عَلَى مَرْأَى جَمِيعِ الْبَشَرِ،

O how great is the multitude of thy sweetness, O Lord, which thou hast hidden for them that fear thee! Which thou hast wrought for them that hope in thee, in the sight of the sons of men.

٢٠ 20 فَإِنَّكَ تَصُونُهُمْ فِي خِبَاءِ حَضْرَتِكَ، فِي مَأْمَنٍ مِنْ مُؤَامَرَاتِ النَّاسِ. فِي خَيْمَةٍ وَاقِيَةٍ تَحْرُسُهُمْ مِنْ لَدْغَاتِ أَلْسُنِ خُصُومِهِمْ.

Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy face, from the disturbance of men. Thou shalt protect them in thy tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.

٢١ 21 مُبَارَكٌ الرَّبُّ لأَنَّهُ أَحَاطَنِي بِرَحْمَتِهِ الْعَجِيبَةِ وَكَأَنِّي فِي مَدِينَةٍ مُحَصَّنَةٍ.

Blessed be the Lord, for he hath shewn his wonderful mercy to me in a fortified city.

٢٢ 22 تَسَرَّعْتُ فِي رُعْبِي وَقُلْتُ: «قَدْ تَخَلَّى الرَّبُّ عَنِّي» وَلَكِنَّكَ سَمِعْتَ صَوْتَ تَضَرُّعِي عِنْدَمَا اسْتَغَثْتُ بِكَ.

But I said in the excess of my mind: I am cast away from before thy eyes. Therefore thou hast heard the voice of my prayer, when I cried to thee.

٢٣ 23 أَحِبُّوا الرَّبَّ يَا جَمِيعَ أَتْقِيَائِهِ، فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ يَحْفَظُ الأُمَنَاءَ، وَيُجَازِي بِعَدْلِهِ الْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ أَشَدَّ الْجَزَاءِ.

O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord will require truth, and will repay them abundantly that act proudly.

٢٤ 24 لِتَتَقَوَّ وَلْتَتَشَجَّعْ قُلُوبُكُمْ يَا جَمِيعَ الْمُنْتَظِرِينَ الرَّبَّ.

Do ye manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope in the Lord.