Psalms 73
1 A Psalm of Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to those who are upright in heart.
| مَزْمُورٌ لآسَافَ حَقّاً إِنَّ اللهَ رَفِيقٌ بِإِسْرَائِيلَ، بِذَوِي الْقُلُوبِ النَّقِيَّةِ. | ١ |
2 But my feet were nearly moved; my steps had nearly slipped.
| أَمَّا أَنَا فَقَدْ أَوْشَكَتْ قَدَمَايَ أَنْ تَزِلّا، وَخَطَوَاتِي أَنْ تَنْزَلِقَ، | ٢ |
3 For I was zealous over the iniquitous, seeing the peacefulness of sinners.
| لأَنِّي حَسَدْتُ الْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ، إِذْ شَاهَدْتُ نَجَاحَ الأَشْرَارِ. | ٣ |
4 For they have no respect for their death, nor do they have support in their wounds.
| فَإِنَّ أَوْجَاعَ الْمَوْتِ لَا تُصِيبُهُمْ وَأَجْسَامَهُمْ سَمِينَةٌ. | ٤ |
5 They are not with the hardships of men, nor will they be scourged with men.
| لَا يُقَاسُونَ مِنْ أَتْعَابِ الْبَشَرِ، وَلَا يُعَانُونَ مِنَ الْمَصَائِبِ كَالنَّاسِ. | ٥ |
6 Therefore, arrogance has held on to them. They have been covered with their iniquity and impiety.
| لِذَلِكَ لَبِسُوا الْكِبْرِيَاءَ كَقِلادَةٍ، وَارْتَدَوْا الظُّلْمَ كَثَوْبٍ. | ٦ |
7 Their iniquity has proceeded, as if from fat. They have parted from the affection of the heart.
| عُيُونُهُمْ جَاحِظَةٌ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ شَحْمِ طَمَعِهِمْ. وَشَرُّهُمْ تَجَاوَزَ مَا يَتَصَوَّرُهُ الْقَلْبُ. | ٧ |
8 They have thought and spoken wickedness. They have spoken iniquity in high places.
| يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ وَيَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِالظُّلْمِ خُبْثاً، وَبِكِبْرِيَاءَ يَنْطِقُونَ. | ٨ |
9 They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has traversed the earth.
| جَدَّفُوا عَلَى السَّمَاءِ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ، وَلَوَّثُوا الأَرْضَ بِخُبْثِ أَلْسِنَتِهِمْ. | ٩ |
10 Therefore, my people will be converted here, and fullness of days will be found in them.
| حَتَّى شَعْبُ اللهِ يَرْجِعُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ، وَيُصَدِّقُونَ مَا يَقُولُونَهُ لَهُمْ. | ١٠ |
11 And they said, “How would God know?” and, “Isn’t there knowledge in high places?”
| أَمَّا هُمْ فَيَقُولُونَ: كَيْفَ يَعْلَمُ اللهُ، وَهَلْ يَدْرِي الْعَلِيُّ بِمَا يَحْدُثُ؟ | ١١ |
12 Behold, these are sinners, and, abounding in this age, they have obtained riches.
| هَا هُمُ الأَشْرَارُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ فِي الْعَالَمِ يَزْدَادُونَ ثَرْوَةً. | ١٢ |
13 And I said: So then, it is without purpose that I have justified my heart and washed my hands among the innocent.
| بَاطِلاً قَدْ طَهَّرْتُ قَلْبِي وَغَسَلْتُ يَدَيَّ بِالنَّقَاوَةِ. | ١٣ |
14 And I have been scourged all day long, and I have received my chastisement in the mornings.
| لَقَدْ جَعَلْتَنِي يَا رَبُّ مُصَاباً طُولَ النَّهَارِ، وَأَوْقَعْتَ علَيَّ عِقَابَكَ كُلَّ صَبَاحٍ. | ١٤ |
15 If I were to say that I would explain this: Behold, I would condemn this nation of your sons.
| لَوْ أَنَّنِي نَطَقْتُ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا، لَكُنْتُ قَدْ خُنْتُ جِيلَ أَوْلادِكَ. | ١٥ |
16 I considered, so that I might know this. It is a hardship before me,
| وَعِنْدَمَا نَوَيْتُ أَنْ أَفْهَمَ هَذَا، تَعَذَّرَ الأَمْرُ عَلَيَّ، | ١٦ |
17 until I may enter into the Sanctuary of God, and understand it to its last part.
| إِلَى أَنْ دَخَلْتُ أَقْدَاسَ اللهِ، وَتَأَمَّلْتُ آخِرَةَ الأَشْرَارِ | ١٧ |
18 So, because of deceitfulness, truly, you have placed it before them. While they were being lifted up, you were casting them down.
| حَقّاً إِنَّكَ أَوْقَفْتَهُمْ فِي أَمَاكِنَ زَلِقَةٍ، وَأَوْقَعْتَهُمْ فِي التَّهْلُكَاتِ. | ١٨ |
19 How have they been brought to desolation? They have suddenly failed. They have perished because of their iniquity.
| كَيْفَ صَارُوا لِلْخَرَابِ فَجْأَةً؟ انْقَرَضُوا وَأَفْنَتْهُمُ الدَّوَاهِي. | ١٩ |
20 As a dream is to those who awaken, O Lord, so will you reduce their image to nothing in your city.
| كَحُلْمٍ يَتَلاشَى عِنْدَ الْيَقَظَةِ هَكَذَا تَخْتَفِي صُورَتُهُمْ عِنْدَمَا تَنْهَضُ يَا رَبُّ لِمُعَاقَبَتِهِمْ. | ٢٠ |
21 For my heart has been inflamed, and my temperament has been changed.
| عِنْدَمَا تَمَرْمَرَ قَلْبِي وَوَخَزَنِي ضَمِيرِي، | ٢١ |
22 And so, I have been reduced to nothing, and I did not know it.
| أَدْرَكْتُ أَنَّنِي كُنْتُ غَبِيًّا لَا أَعْرِفُ شَيْئاً، إِذْ كُنْتُ كَبَهِيمَةٍ أَمَامَكَ. | ٢٢ |
23 I have become like a beast of burden to you, and I am always with you.
| غَيْرَ أَنِّي مَعَكَ دَائِماً، وَأَنْتَ قَدْ أَمْسَكْتَ بِيَدِي الْيُمْنَى. | ٢٣ |
24 You have held my right hand. And in your will, you have conducted me, and with your glory, you have taken me up.
| تَهْدِينِي بِمَشُورَتِكَ، وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ تَأْخُذُنِي إِلَى الْمَجْدِ. | ٢٤ |
25 For what is there for me in heaven? And what do I wish for on earth before you?
| مَنْ لِي فِي السَّمَاءِ غَيْرُكَ؟ وَلَسْتُ أَبْغِي فِي الأَرْضِ أَحَداً مَعَكَ. | ٢٥ |
26 My body has failed, and my heart: O God of my heart, and God my portion, into eternity.
| إِنَّ جَسَدِي وَقَلْبِي يَفْنَيَانِ، أَمَّا اللهُ فَهُوَ صَخْرَةُ قَلْبِي وَنَصِيبِي إِلَى الدَّهْرِ. | ٢٦ |
27 For behold, those who put themselves far from you will perish. You have perished all those who fornicate away from you.
| هُوَذَا الْمُبْتَعِدُونَ عَنْكَ يَهْلِكُونَ وَأَنْتَ تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ مَنْ يَخُونُكَ. | ٢٧ |
28 But it is good for me to adhere to God, to put my hope in the Lord God, so that I may announce all your prophecies, at the gates of the daughter of Zion.
| أَمَّا أَنَا فَخَيْرٌ لِي أَنْ أَقْتَرِبَ إِلَى اللهِ، لأَنِّي عَلَى السَّيِّدِ تَوَكَّلْتُ، لأُحَدِّثَ بِجَمِيعِ عَجَائِبِكَ. | ٢٨ |
