المَزامِير 44

١ 1 لِقَائِدِ الْمُنْشِدِينَ، مَزْمُورٌ تَعْلِيمِيٌّ لِبَنِي قُورَحَ يَا اللهُ، بِآذَانِنَا قَدْ سَمِعْنَا، وَآبَاؤُنَا أَخْبَرُونَا بِمَا عَمِلْتَهُ فِي أَيَّامِهِمِ الْقَدِيمَةِ.

“For the leader of the music. A psalm of the sons of Korah.” O God! we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have told us, What deeds thou didst in their days, In the days of old.

٢ 2 بِيَدِكَ اقْتَلَعْتَ الأُمَمَ، وَغَرَسْتَ آبَاءَنَا. حَطَّمْتَ الشُّعُوبَ وَأَنْمَيْتَهُمْ.

With thine own hand didst thou drive out the nations, And plant our fathers; Thou didst destroy the nations, And cause our fathers to flourish.

٣ 3 لَمْ يَمْتَلِكُوا الأَرْضَ بِسَيْفِهِمْ وَلَا بِذِرَاعِهِمْ خَلُصُوا، وَلَكِنْ بِفَضْلِ يُمْنَاكَ وَذِرَاعِكَ وَنُورِ وَجْهِكَ، لأَنَّكَ رَضِيتَ عَنْهُمْ.

For not by their own swords did they gain possession of the land, Nor did their own arms give them victory; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance; For thou didst favor them!

٤ 4 أَنْتَ هُوَ مَلِكِي يَا اللهُ، فَمُرْ بِخَلاصِ شَعْبِكَ.

Thou art my king, O God! O send deliverance to Jacob!

٥ 5 بِعَوْنِكَ نَطْرَحُ خُصُومَنَا أَرْضاً، وَبِاسْمِكَ نَدُوسُ الْقَائِمِينَ عَلَيْنَا.

Through thee we may cast down our enemies; Through thy name we may trample upon our adversaries!

٦ 6 فَإِنِّي لَنْ أَتَّكِلَ عَلَى قَوْسِي وَلَنْ يُخَلِّصَنِي سَيْفِي.

I trust not in my bow, Nor can my sword save me.

٧ 7 فَأَنْتَ أَنْقَذْتَنَا مِنْ مُضَايِقِينَا وَأَلْحَقْتَ الْعَارَ بِمُبْغِضِينَا.

But it is thou only who savest us from our enemies, And puttest to shame those who hate us!

٨ 8 بِاللهِ نَفْتَخِرُ الْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ، وَنَحْمَدُ اسْمَكَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

In God will we glory continually; Yea, we will praise thy name for ever! (Pause)

٩ 9 غَيْرَ أَنَّكَ قَدْ رَذَلْتَنَا وَأَخْجَلْتَنَا، وَلَمْ تَعُدْ تُرَافِقُ جُنُودَنَا إِلَى الْحَرْبِ.

Yet now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame; Thou goest not forth with our armies.

١٠ 10 جَعَلْتَنَا نَتَقَهْقَرُ أَمَامَ عَدُوِّنَا. أَمَّا مُبْغِضُونَا فَيَغْنَمُونَ لأَنْفُسِهِمْ.

Thou makest us turn back from the enemy, And they who hate us make our goods their prey.

١١ 11 أَسْلَمْتَنَا كَغَنَمٍ مُعَدَّةٍ لِلذَّبْحِ، وَبَدَّدْتَنَا بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ.

Thou makest us like sheep destined for food, And scatterest us among the nations.

١٢ 12 بِعْتَ شَعْبَكَ بِلَا مَالٍ وَبِثَمَنِهِمْ لَمْ تَرْبَحْ.

Thou sellest thy people for nought, And increasest not thy wealth by their price.

١٣ 13 تَجْعَلُنَا عَاراً عِنْدَ جِيرَانِنَا، وَمَثَارَ هُزْءٍ وَسُخْرِيَةٍ لِمَنْ حَوْلَنَا.

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those who are around us.

١٤ 14 تَجْعَلُنَا مَثَلاً بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ وَأُضْحُوكَةً بَيْنَ الشُّعُوبِ.

Thou makest us a byword among the nations, And causest the people to shake their heads at us.

١٥ 15 الْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ خَجَلِي مَاثِلٌ أَمَامِي، وَخِزْيُ وَجْهِي قَدْ غَمَرَنِي

My ignominy is continually before me, And shame covereth my face,

١٦ 16 مِنْ صَوْتِ الْمُعَيِّرِ وَالْمُجَدِّفِ وَمَرْأَى الْعَدُوِّ الْمُنْتَقِمِ.

On account of the voice of the scoffer and the reviler, And on account of the enemy and the avenger.

١٧ 17 هَذَا كُلُّهُ وَقَعَ عَلَيْنَا، فَمَا نَسِينَاكَ وَلَا خُنَّا عَهْدَكَ.

All this hath come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Nor have we been false to thy covenant.

١٨ 18 لَمْ يَرْتَدَّ قَلْبُنَا إِلَى الْوَرَاءِ، وَلَا حَادَتْ خُطْوَاتُنَا عَنْ طَرِيقِكَ.

Our hearts, have not wandered from thee, Nor have our feet gone out of thy path;

١٩ 19 مَعَ أَنَّكَ سَحَقْتَنَا وَسَطَ الْوُحُوشِ، وَغَمَرْتَنَا بِظِلالِ الْمَوْتِ.

Though thou hast crushed us in a land of jackals, And covered us with thick darkness.

٢٠ 20 إِنْ كُنَّا قَدْ نَسِينَا اسْمَ إِلَهِنَا، وَصَلَّيْنَا إِلَى إِلَهٍ غَرِيبٍ،

If we had forgotten the name of our God, Or stretched forth our hands to a strange God,

٢١ 21 أَلَا يَعْرِفُ اللهُ ذَلِكَ وَهُوَ عَلّامُ الغُيُوبِ؟

Surely God would search it out; For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

٢٢ 22 أَلَا أَنَّنَا مِنْ أَجْلِكَ نُعَانِي الْمَوْتَ طُولَ النَّهَارِ، وَقَدْ حُسِبْنَا مِثْلَ غَنَمٍ مُعَدَّةٍ لِلذَّبْحِ.

But for thy sake we are killed all the day; We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

٢٣ 23 قُمْ يَا رَبُّ. لِمَاذَا تَتَغَافَى؟ انْتَبِهْ وَلَا تَنْبِذْنَا إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

Awake! why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise! cast us not off for ever!

٢٤ 24 لِمَاذَا تَحْجُبُ وَجْهَكَ وَتَنْسَى مَذَلَّتَنَا وَضِيقَنَا؟

Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, And forget our affliction and oppression?

٢٥ 25 إِنَّ نُفُوسَنَا قَدِ انْحَنَتْ إِلَى التُّرَابِ، وَبُطُونَنَا لَصِقَتْ بِالأَرْضِ.

Our soul is bowed down to the dust; Our body cleaveth to the earth.

٢٦ 26 هُبَّ لِنَجْدَتِنَا وَافْدِنَا مِنْ أَجْلِ رَحْمَتِكَ.

Arise, O thou, our strength! And deliver us, for thy mercy's sake!