المَزامِير 31

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

“To the chief musician, a psalm of David.” In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; Oh that I may never be put to shame: through thy righteousness do thou release me.

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

Bend unto me thy ear; speedily deliver me: be thou unto me as a rock of protection, as a mountain strong-hold to save me.

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

For my rock and my stronghold art thou; and for the sake of thy name lead me, and guide me.

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

Draw me out of the net which they have laid secretly for me; for thou art my protection.

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

Into thy hand do I commit my spirit: thou redeemest me, O Lord, the God of truth.

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

I hate those that depend on lying vanities; but I trust indeed 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 kindness; because thou hast seen my misery; thou hast taken cognizance of the distresses of my soul;

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

And thou hast not surrendered me into the hand of the enemy: thou hast caused my feet to stand on an ample space.

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

Be gracious unto me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye is consumed through vexation—my soul [too] and my body.

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

For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing, my strength faileth because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

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

Because of all my assailants am I become a reproach, and unto my neighbors greatly so, and a terror to my acquaintance, those that see me abroad flee away from me.

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

I am forgotten as a dead man out of the heart: I am become like a perishable vessel.

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

For I have heard the slandering of many; terror was on every side, while they took counsel together against me: to take away my life did they purpose.

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

But I trusted well in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.

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

In thy hand are my destinies: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from my persecutors.

١٦ 16 لِيُشْرِقْ وَجْهُكَ عَلَى عَبْدِكَ وَخَلِّصْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ.

Let thy face shine upon thy servant: save me through thy kindness.

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

O Lord, let me not be put to shame; for I have called on thee: let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent, [passing] to the nether world. (Sheol h7585)

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

Let the lying lips be made dumb, which speak hard things against the righteous, with pride and contempt.

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

Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast treasured up for those that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for those that trust in thee before 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 wilt conceal them in the secret of thy presence from the conspiracy of men: thou wilt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

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

Blessed be the Lord: for he hath shown me his kindness wonderfully in a beleaguered city.

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

And yet had I said in my despondency, I am cut off from before thy eyes: nevertheless thou didst hear the voice of my supplications when I cried loudly unto thee.

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

Oh love the Lord, all ye his pious ones: the Lord preserveth the faithful, and recompenses the presumption of him that acteth proudly.

٢٤ 24 لِتَتَقَوَّ وَلْتَتَشَجَّعْ قُلُوبُكُمْ يَا جَمِيعَ الْمُنْتَظِرِينَ الرَّبَّ.

Be strong, and let your heart be of good courage, all ye that hope in the Lord.