Psalms 73
1 BOOK III A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, even to such as are pure in heart.
| مَزْمُورٌ لآسَافَ حَقّاً إِنَّ اللهَ رَفِيقٌ بِإِسْرَائِيلَ، بِذَوِي الْقُلُوبِ النَّقِيَّةِ. | ١ |
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
| أَمَّا أَنَا فَقَدْ أَوْشَكَتْ قَدَمَايَ أَنْ تَزِلّا، وَخَطَوَاتِي أَنْ تَنْزَلِقَ، | ٢ |
3 For I was envious at the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
| لأَنِّي حَسَدْتُ الْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ، إِذْ شَاهَدْتُ نَجَاحَ الأَشْرَارِ. | ٣ |
4 For there are no pangs at their death, and their body is sound.
| فَإِنَّ أَوْجَاعَ الْمَوْتِ لَا تُصِيبُهُمْ وَأَجْسَامَهُمْ سَمِينَةٌ. | ٤ |
5 In the trouble of man they are not; neither are they plagued like men.
| لَا يُقَاسُونَ مِنْ أَتْعَابِ الْبَشَرِ، وَلَا يُعَانُونَ مِنَ الْمَصَائِبِ كَالنَّاسِ. | ٥ |
6 Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.
| لِذَلِكَ لَبِسُوا الْكِبْرِيَاءَ كَقِلادَةٍ، وَارْتَدَوْا الظُّلْمَ كَثَوْبٍ. | ٦ |
7 Their eyes stand forth from fatness; they are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart.
| عُيُونُهُمْ جَاحِظَةٌ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ شَحْمِ طَمَعِهِمْ. وَشَرُّهُمْ تَجَاوَزَ مَا يَتَصَوَّرُهُ الْقَلْبُ. | ٧ |
8 They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression; they speak as if there were none on high.
| يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ وَيَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِالظُّلْمِ خُبْثاً، وَبِكِبْرِيَاءَ يَنْطِقُونَ. | ٨ |
9 They have set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
| جَدَّفُوا عَلَى السَّمَاءِ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ، وَلَوَّثُوا الأَرْضَ بِخُبْثِ أَلْسِنَتِهِمْ. | ٩ |
10 Therefore His people return hither; and waters of fullness are drained out by them.
| حَتَّى شَعْبُ اللهِ يَرْجِعُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ، وَيُصَدِّقُونَ مَا يَقُولُونَهُ لَهُمْ. | ١٠ |
11 And they say: 'How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'
| أَمَّا هُمْ فَيَقُولُونَ: كَيْفَ يَعْلَمُ اللهُ، وَهَلْ يَدْرِي الْعَلِيُّ بِمَا يَحْدُثُ؟ | ١١ |
12 Behold, such are the wicked; and they that are always at ease increase riches.
| هَا هُمُ الأَشْرَارُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ فِي الْعَالَمِ يَزْدَادُونَ ثَرْوَةً. | ١٢ |
13 Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocency;
| بَاطِلاً قَدْ طَهَّرْتُ قَلْبِي وَغَسَلْتُ يَدَيَّ بِالنَّقَاوَةِ. | ١٣ |
14 For all the day have I been plagued, and my chastisement came every morning.
| لَقَدْ جَعَلْتَنِي يَا رَبُّ مُصَاباً طُولَ النَّهَارِ، وَأَوْقَعْتَ علَيَّ عِقَابَكَ كُلَّ صَبَاحٍ. | ١٤ |
15 If I had said: 'I will speak thus', behold, I had been faithless to the generation of Thy children.
| لَوْ أَنَّنِي نَطَقْتُ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا، لَكُنْتُ قَدْ خُنْتُ جِيلَ أَوْلادِكَ. | ١٥ |
16 And when I pondered how I might know this, it was wearisome in mine eyes;
| وَعِنْدَمَا نَوَيْتُ أَنْ أَفْهَمَ هَذَا، تَعَذَّرَ الأَمْرُ عَلَيَّ، | ١٦ |
17 Until I entered into the sanctuary of God, and considered their end.
| إِلَى أَنْ دَخَلْتُ أَقْدَاسَ اللهِ، وَتَأَمَّلْتُ آخِرَةَ الأَشْرَارِ | ١٧ |
18 Surely Thou settest them in slippery places; Thou hurlest them down to utter ruin.
| حَقّاً إِنَّكَ أَوْقَفْتَهُمْ فِي أَمَاكِنَ زَلِقَةٍ، وَأَوْقَعْتَهُمْ فِي التَّهْلُكَاتِ. | ١٨ |
19 How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are wholly consumed by terrors.
| كَيْفَ صَارُوا لِلْخَرَابِ فَجْأَةً؟ انْقَرَضُوا وَأَفْنَتْهُمُ الدَّوَاهِي. | ١٩ |
20 As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance.
| كَحُلْمٍ يَتَلاشَى عِنْدَ الْيَقَظَةِ هَكَذَا تَخْتَفِي صُورَتُهُمْ عِنْدَمَا تَنْهَضُ يَا رَبُّ لِمُعَاقَبَتِهِمْ. | ٢٠ |
21 For my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins.
| عِنْدَمَا تَمَرْمَرَ قَلْبِي وَوَخَزَنِي ضَمِيرِي، | ٢١ |
22 But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee.
| أَدْرَكْتُ أَنَّنِي كُنْتُ غَبِيًّا لَا أَعْرِفُ شَيْئاً، إِذْ كُنْتُ كَبَهِيمَةٍ أَمَامَكَ. | ٢٢ |
23 Nevertheless I am continually with Thee; Thou holdest my right hand.
| غَيْرَ أَنِّي مَعَكَ دَائِماً، وَأَنْتَ قَدْ أَمْسَكْتَ بِيَدِي الْيُمْنَى. | ٢٣ |
24 Thou wilt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me with glory.
| تَهْدِينِي بِمَشُورَتِكَ، وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ تَأْخُذُنِي إِلَى الْمَجْدِ. | ٢٤ |
25 Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And beside Thee I desire none upon earth.
| مَنْ لِي فِي السَّمَاءِ غَيْرُكَ؟ وَلَسْتُ أَبْغِي فِي الأَرْضِ أَحَداً مَعَكَ. | ٢٥ |
26 My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
| إِنَّ جَسَدِي وَقَلْبِي يَفْنَيَانِ، أَمَّا اللهُ فَهُوَ صَخْرَةُ قَلْبِي وَنَصِيبِي إِلَى الدَّهْرِ. | ٢٦ |
27 For, lo, they that go far from Thee shall perish; Thou dost destroy all them that go astray from Thee.
| هُوَذَا الْمُبْتَعِدُونَ عَنْكَ يَهْلِكُونَ وَأَنْتَ تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ مَنْ يَخُونُكَ. | ٢٧ |
28 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.
| أَمَّا أَنَا فَخَيْرٌ لِي أَنْ أَقْتَرِبَ إِلَى اللهِ، لأَنِّي عَلَى السَّيِّدِ تَوَكَّلْتُ، لأُحَدِّثَ بِجَمِيعِ عَجَائِبِكَ. | ٢٨ |
