المَزامِير 73

١ 1 مَزْمُورٌ لآسَافَ حَقّاً إِنَّ اللهَ رَفِيقٌ بِإِسْرَائِيلَ، بِذَوِي الْقُلُوبِ النَّقِيَّةِ.

BOOK III A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, even to such as are pure in heart.

٢ 2 أَمَّا أَنَا فَقَدْ أَوْشَكَتْ قَدَمَايَ أَنْ تَزِلّا، وَخَطَوَاتِي أَنْ تَنْزَلِقَ،

But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

٣ 3 لأَنِّي حَسَدْتُ الْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ، إِذْ شَاهَدْتُ نَجَاحَ الأَشْرَارِ.

For I was envious at the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

٤ 4 فَإِنَّ أَوْجَاعَ الْمَوْتِ لَا تُصِيبُهُمْ وَأَجْسَامَهُمْ سَمِينَةٌ.

For there are no pangs at their death, and their body is sound.

٥ 5 لَا يُقَاسُونَ مِنْ أَتْعَابِ الْبَشَرِ، وَلَا يُعَانُونَ مِنَ الْمَصَائِبِ كَالنَّاسِ.

In the trouble of man they are not; neither are they plagued like men.

٦ 6 لِذَلِكَ لَبِسُوا الْكِبْرِيَاءَ كَقِلادَةٍ، وَارْتَدَوْا الظُّلْمَ كَثَوْبٍ.

Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.

٧ 7 عُيُونُهُمْ جَاحِظَةٌ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ شَحْمِ طَمَعِهِمْ. وَشَرُّهُمْ تَجَاوَزَ مَا يَتَصَوَّرُهُ الْقَلْبُ.

Their eyes stand forth from fatness; they are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart.

٨ 8 يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ وَيَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِالظُّلْمِ خُبْثاً، وَبِكِبْرِيَاءَ يَنْطِقُونَ.

They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression; they speak as if there were none on high.

٩ 9 جَدَّفُوا عَلَى السَّمَاءِ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ، وَلَوَّثُوا الأَرْضَ بِخُبْثِ أَلْسِنَتِهِمْ.

They have set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

١٠ 10 حَتَّى شَعْبُ اللهِ يَرْجِعُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ، وَيُصَدِّقُونَ مَا يَقُولُونَهُ لَهُمْ.

Therefore His people return hither; and waters of fullness are drained out by them.

١١ 11 أَمَّا هُمْ فَيَقُولُونَ: كَيْفَ يَعْلَمُ اللهُ، وَهَلْ يَدْرِي الْعَلِيُّ بِمَا يَحْدُثُ؟

And they say: 'How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'

١٢ 12 هَا هُمُ الأَشْرَارُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ فِي الْعَالَمِ يَزْدَادُونَ ثَرْوَةً.

Behold, such are the wicked; and they that are always at ease increase riches.

١٣ 13 بَاطِلاً قَدْ طَهَّرْتُ قَلْبِي وَغَسَلْتُ يَدَيَّ بِالنَّقَاوَةِ.

Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocency;

١٤ 14 لَقَدْ جَعَلْتَنِي يَا رَبُّ مُصَاباً طُولَ النَّهَارِ، وَأَوْقَعْتَ علَيَّ عِقَابَكَ كُلَّ صَبَاحٍ.

For all the day have I been plagued, and my chastisement came every morning.

١٥ 15 لَوْ أَنَّنِي نَطَقْتُ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا، لَكُنْتُ قَدْ خُنْتُ جِيلَ أَوْلادِكَ.

If I had said: 'I will speak thus', behold, I had been faithless to the generation of Thy children.

١٦ 16 وَعِنْدَمَا نَوَيْتُ أَنْ أَفْهَمَ هَذَا، تَعَذَّرَ الأَمْرُ عَلَيَّ،

And when I pondered how I might know this, it was wearisome in mine eyes;

١٧ 17 إِلَى أَنْ دَخَلْتُ أَقْدَاسَ اللهِ، وَتَأَمَّلْتُ آخِرَةَ الأَشْرَارِ

Until I entered into the sanctuary of God, and considered their end.

١٨ 18 حَقّاً إِنَّكَ أَوْقَفْتَهُمْ فِي أَمَاكِنَ زَلِقَةٍ، وَأَوْقَعْتَهُمْ فِي التَّهْلُكَاتِ.

Surely Thou settest them in slippery places; Thou hurlest them down to utter ruin.

١٩ 19 كَيْفَ صَارُوا لِلْخَرَابِ فَجْأَةً؟ انْقَرَضُوا وَأَفْنَتْهُمُ الدَّوَاهِي.

How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are wholly consumed by terrors.

٢٠ 20 كَحُلْمٍ يَتَلاشَى عِنْدَ الْيَقَظَةِ هَكَذَا تَخْتَفِي صُورَتُهُمْ عِنْدَمَا تَنْهَضُ يَا رَبُّ لِمُعَاقَبَتِهِمْ.

As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance.

٢١ 21 عِنْدَمَا تَمَرْمَرَ قَلْبِي وَوَخَزَنِي ضَمِيرِي،

For my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins.

٢٢ 22 أَدْرَكْتُ أَنَّنِي كُنْتُ غَبِيًّا لَا أَعْرِفُ شَيْئاً، إِذْ كُنْتُ كَبَهِيمَةٍ أَمَامَكَ.

But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee.

٢٣ 23 غَيْرَ أَنِّي مَعَكَ دَائِماً، وَأَنْتَ قَدْ أَمْسَكْتَ بِيَدِي الْيُمْنَى.

Nevertheless I am continually with Thee; Thou holdest my right hand.

٢٤ 24 تَهْدِينِي بِمَشُورَتِكَ، وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ تَأْخُذُنِي إِلَى الْمَجْدِ.

Thou wilt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me with glory.

٢٥ 25 مَنْ لِي فِي السَّمَاءِ غَيْرُكَ؟ وَلَسْتُ أَبْغِي فِي الأَرْضِ أَحَداً مَعَكَ.

Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And beside Thee I desire none upon earth.

٢٦ 26 إِنَّ جَسَدِي وَقَلْبِي يَفْنَيَانِ، أَمَّا اللهُ فَهُوَ صَخْرَةُ قَلْبِي وَنَصِيبِي إِلَى الدَّهْرِ.

My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.

٢٧ 27 هُوَذَا الْمُبْتَعِدُونَ عَنْكَ يَهْلِكُونَ وَأَنْتَ تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ مَنْ يَخُونُكَ.

For, lo, they that go far from Thee shall perish; Thou dost destroy all them that go astray from Thee.

٢٨ 28 أَمَّا أَنَا فَخَيْرٌ لِي أَنْ أَقْتَرِبَ إِلَى اللهِ، لأَنِّي عَلَى السَّيِّدِ تَوَكَّلْتُ، لأُحَدِّثَ بِجَمِيعِ عَجَائِبِكَ.

But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all Thy works.