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 Korahites. A maskil. O God, we have heard with our ears, all our ancestors have told us of the work that you wrought in their day, your wonders in days of old,

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

uprooting and crushing the nations, then planting and settling them. For it wasn’t their own sword that won them the land,

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

it was not their own arm that brought them the victory. Yours was the hand and the arm, yours was the face that shone on them with favor.

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

It was you, my king and my God, that ordained the victories of Jacob.

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

Through you we can thrust back our foes, and by your name tread down our assailants:

٦ 6 فَإِنِّي لَنْ أَتَّكِلَ عَلَى قَوْسِي وَلَنْ يُخَلِّصَنِي سَيْفِي.

for not in my bow do I trust, nor can my sword win me the victory.

٧ 7 فَأَنْتَ أَنْقَذْتَنَا مِنْ مُضَايِقِينَا وَأَلْحَقْتَ الْعَارَ بِمُبْغِضِينَا.

Our victory comes from you, and confusion to those who hate us.

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

In God we boast all the day long, and your name will we praise forever. (Selah)

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

Yet you have spurned and disgraced us, in not going forth with our armies,

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

and in making us flee from the foe, so that those who hated us plundered us.

١١ 11 أَسْلَمْتَنَا كَغَنَمٍ مُعَدَّةٍ لِلذَّبْحِ، وَبَدَّدْتَنَا بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ.

You have let us be eaten like sheep, you have scattered us over the world,

١٢ 12 بِعْتَ شَعْبَكَ بِلَا مَالٍ وَبِثَمَنِهِمْ لَمْ تَرْبَحْ.

sold your people for a pittance, and getting no gain from their price.

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

You have made us the butt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of all round us.

١٤ 14 تَجْعَلُنَا مَثَلاً بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ وَأُضْحُوكَةً بَيْنَ الشُّعُوبِ.

O’er the world you have made us a byword, the nations at us shake their heads.

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

My disgrace is forever before me, my face is covered with shame,

١٦ 16 مِنْ صَوْتِ الْمُعَيِّرِ وَالْمُجَدِّفِ وَمَرْأَى الْعَدُوِّ الْمُنْتَقِمِ.

at the words of blasphemer and scoffer, at the sight of the foe and the vengeful.

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

All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten you nor falsely dealt with your covenant.

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

Our heart has not turned back, nor our steps declined from your way,

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

that you thus should have crushed us down, and covered us over with gloom, in the place where the jackals roam.

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

Had we forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a god that was strange,

٢١ 21 أَلَا يَعْرِفُ اللهُ ذَلِكَ وَهُوَ عَلّامُ الغُيُوبِ؟

would God not have searched this out? For he knows the heart and its secrets.

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

But in your cause it is we are killed all the day, and counted as sheep for the slaughter.

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

Rouse yourself, why do you sleep Lord? Awake, cast us not off forever.

٢٤ 24 لِمَاذَا تَحْجُبُ وَجْهَكَ وَتَنْسَى مَذَلَّتَنَا وَضِيقَنَا؟

Why do you hide your face, forgetting our stress and our misery?

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

For we have sunk down to the dust, our bodies cling to the ground.

٢٦ 26 هُبَّ لِنَجْدَتِنَا وَافْدِنَا مِنْ أَجْلِ رَحْمَتِكَ.

Arise, come to our help: for your love’s sake, ransom us.