المَزامِير 35

١ 1 لِدَاوُدَ يَا رَبُّ كُنْ خَصْماً لِمَنْ يُخَاصِمُونَنِي، وَحَارِبِ الَّذِينَ يُحَارِبُونَنِي.

A Psalm of David. Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

٢ 2 تَقَلَّدِ التُّرْسَ وَالدِّرْعَ وَهُبَّ لِنَجْدَتِي.

Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.

٣ 3 جَرِّدْ رُمْحاً وَتَصَدَّ لِمُطَارِدِيَّ، وَقُلْ لِنَفْسِي: خَلاصُكِ أَنَا.

Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say to my soul, I am thy salvation.

٤ 4 لِيَخْزَ وَلْيَخْجَلِ السَّاعُونَ إِلَى قَتْلِي. لِيَنْهَزِمْ وَيَخْجَلِ الْمُتَوَاطِئُونَ عَلَى أَذِيَّتِي.

Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

٥ 5 لِيَكُونُوا مِثْلَ ذَرَّاتِ التِّبْنِ فِي مَهَبِّ الرِّيحِ. وَلْيَدْحَرْهُمْ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ.

Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

٦ 6 لِتَكُنْ طَرِيقُهُمْ مُظْلِمَةً وَزَلِقَةً، وَلْيَتَعَقَّبْهُمْ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ.

Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

٧ 7 فَإِنَّهُمْ مِنْ غَيْرِ سَبَبٍ أَخْفَوْا لِي شَبَكَةً فَوْقَ الْهُوَّةِ، وَمِنْ غَيْرِ عِلَّةٍ حَفَرُوا لِي حُفْرَةً.

For without cause they have hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have dug for my soul.

٨ 8 لِيُطْبِقِ الْهَلاكُ فَجْأَةً عَلَى عَدُوِّي، وَلْتُمْسِكْ بِهِ الشَّبَكَةُ الَّتِي أَخْفَاهَا، فَيَهْلِكَ فِيهَا.

Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

٩ 9 أَمَّا نَفْسِي فَتَفْرَحُ بِالرَّبِّ وَتَبْتَهِجُ بِخَلاصِهِ.

And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

١٠ 10 جَمِيعُ عِظَامِي تَقُولُ: يَا رَبُّ مَنْ مِثْلُكَ، المُخَلِّصُ الْمِسْكِينَ مِمَّنْ هُوَ أَقْوَى مِنْهُ وَمُنْقِذُ الْفَقِيرِ وَالْبَائِسِ مِنْ يَدِ نَاهِبِهِ؟

All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like thee, who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, even the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

١١ 11 يَقُومُ عَلَيَّ شُهُودُ زُورٍ يَتَّهِمُونَنِي ظُلْماً بِمَا لَا أَعْلَمُ.

False witnesses arose; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

١٢ 12 يُجَازُونَنِي عَنِ الْخَيْرِ شَرّاً إِتْعَاساً لِنَفْسِي.

They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

١٣ 13 أَمَّا أَنَا فَقَدْ لَبِسْتُ الْمِسْحَ حُزْناً عَلَى مَرَضِهِمْ، وَأَذْلَلْتُ نَفْسِي بِالصَّوْمِ، وَلَكِنَّ صَلاتِي كَانَتْ تَرْتَدُّ إِلَى صَدْرِي مِنْ غَيْرِ اسْتِجَابَةٍ.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into my own bosom.

١٤ 14 لَقَدْ عَامَلْتُ كُلًّا مِنْهُمْ كَأَنَّهُ صَدِيقِي وَأَخِي، وَأَطْرَقْتُ حُزْناً كَمَنْ يَنْدُبُ أُمَّهُ.

I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

١٥ 15 وَأَمَّا هُمْ فَشَمِتُوا فَرَحاً عِنْدَ سَقْطَتِي، وَتَجَمَّعُوا عَلَيَّ شَاتِمِينَ، وَشَرَعَ غُرَبَاءُ لَا أَعْرِفُهُمْ يَضْرِبُونَنِي. مَزَّقُونِي وَلَمْ يَرْتَدِعُوا.

But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the smiters gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

١٦ 16 كَفُجَّارٍ مَاجِنِينَ مُجْتَمِعِينَ حَوْلَ وَلِيمَةٍ حَرَّقُوا عَلَيَّ أَسْنَانَهُمْ.

With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

١٧ 17 يَا سَيِّدُ، حَتَّى مَتَى تَظَلُّ مُتَفَرِّجاً؟ نَجِّ نَفْسِي مِنْ مَهَالِكِهِمْ وَخَلِّصْ حَيَاتِي مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَشْبَالِ.

Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

١٨ 18 أَشْكُرُكَ فِي جَمَاعَةِ الْعَابِدِينَ، وَأَحْمَدُكَ فِي وَسَطِ حُشُودٍ كَثِيرَةٍ.

I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among many people.

١٩ 19 لَا يَشْمَتْ بِي أَعْدَائِي بِحُجَّةٍ بَاطِلَةٍ، وَلَا يَتَغَامَزْ مُبْغِضِيَّ عَلَيَّ، بِغَيْرِ عِلَّةٍ.

Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

٢٠ 20 فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِالسَّلامِ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ يَتَآمَرُونَ بِمَكْرٍ لِلإِيقَاعِ بِالْمُسَالِمِينَ السَّاكِنِينَ فِي الأَرْضِ.

For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

٢١ 21 فَغَرُوا علَيَّ أَفْوَاهَهُمْ عَلَى وِسْعِهَا، وَقَالُوا: «هَهْ! هَهْ! قَدْ رَأَيْنَا بِأَعْيُنِنَا (مَا فَعَلْتَ).»

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

٢٢ 22 قَدْ رَأَيْتَ يَا رَبُّ ذَلِكَ. لَا تَسْكُتْ وَلَا تَبْتَعِدْ عَنِّي.

This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

٢٣ 23 انْهَضْ يَا إِلَهِي وَسَيِّدِي وَاسْتَيْقِظْ لإِحْقَاقِ حَقِّي وَإِنْصَافِ دَعْوَايَ.

Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even to my cause, my God and my Lord.

٢٤ 24 احْكُمْ بِبَرَاءَتِي يَا رَبُّ يَا إِلَهِي حَسَبَ عَدْلِكَ، وَلَا تَدَعْهُمْ يَشْمَتُونَ بِي.

Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

٢٥ 25 لِئَلّا يَقُولُوا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ: «هَهْ! قَدْ ظَفِرْنَا بِهِ» أَوْ يَقُولُوا: «قَدِ ابْتَلَعْنَاهُ!»

Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

٢٦ 26 لِيَخْزَ وَيَخْجَلْ جَمِيعُ الشَّامِتِينَ بِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي. لِيَرْتَدِ الْمُتَعَظِّمُونَ عَلَيَّ لِبَاسَ الْخِزْيِ وَالْعَارِ.

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at my hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

٢٧ 27 وَلْيَهْتِفِ الْمَسْرُورُونَ بِبِرِّي بِهُتَافِ الْفَرَحِ وَالابْتِهَاجِ، قَائِلِينَ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ: «لِيَتَمَجَّدِ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي يَبْتَهِجُ بِنَجَاحِ عَبْدِهِ».

Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, who hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

٢٨ 28 فَيُذِيعَ لِسَانِي عَدْلَكَ، وَيَتَرَنَّمَ بِحَمْدِكَ النَّهَارَ كُلَّهُ.

And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.