Psalms 73
1 A PSALM OF ASAPH. Surely God [is] good to Israel, to the clean of heart. And I—as a little thing, My feet have been turned aside,
| مَزْمُورٌ لآسَافَ حَقّاً إِنَّ اللهَ رَفِيقٌ بِإِسْرَائِيلَ، بِذَوِي الْقُلُوبِ النَّقِيَّةِ. | ١ |
2 As nothing, my steps have slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful,
| أَمَّا أَنَا فَقَدْ أَوْشَكَتْ قَدَمَايَ أَنْ تَزِلّا، وَخَطَوَاتِي أَنْ تَنْزَلِقَ، | ٢ |
3 I see the peace of the wicked, That there are no bands at their death,
| لأَنِّي حَسَدْتُ الْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ، إِذْ شَاهَدْتُ نَجَاحَ الأَشْرَارِ. | ٣ |
4 And their might [is] firm.
| فَإِنَّ أَوْجَاعَ الْمَوْتِ لَا تُصِيبُهُمْ وَأَجْسَامَهُمْ سَمِينَةٌ. | ٤ |
5 They are not in the misery of mortals, And they are not plagued with common men.
| لَا يُقَاسُونَ مِنْ أَتْعَابِ الْبَشَرِ، وَلَا يُعَانُونَ مِنَ الْمَصَائِبِ كَالنَّاسِ. | ٥ |
6 Therefore pride has encircled them, Violence covers them as a dress.
| لِذَلِكَ لَبِسُوا الْكِبْرِيَاءَ كَقِلادَةٍ، وَارْتَدَوْا الظُّلْمَ كَثَوْبٍ. | ٦ |
7 Their eye has come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;
| عُيُونُهُمْ جَاحِظَةٌ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ شَحْمِ طَمَعِهِمْ. وَشَرُّهُمْ تَجَاوَزَ مَا يَتَصَوَّرُهُ الْقَلْبُ. | ٧ |
8 They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, They speak from on high.
| يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ وَيَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِالظُّلْمِ خُبْثاً، وَبِكِبْرِيَاءَ يَنْطِقُونَ. | ٨ |
9 They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walks in the earth.
| جَدَّفُوا عَلَى السَّمَاءِ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ، وَلَوَّثُوا الأَرْضَ بِخُبْثِ أَلْسِنَتِهِمْ. | ٩ |
10 Therefore His people return here, And waters of fullness are wrung out to them.
| حَتَّى شَعْبُ اللهِ يَرْجِعُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ، وَيُصَدِّقُونَ مَا يَقُولُونَهُ لَهُمْ. | ١٠ |
11 And they have said, “How has God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?”
| أَمَّا هُمْ فَيَقُولُونَ: كَيْفَ يَعْلَمُ اللهُ، وَهَلْ يَدْرِي الْعَلِيُّ بِمَا يَحْدُثُ؟ | ١١ |
12 Behold, these [are] the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength.
| هَا هُمُ الأَشْرَارُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ فِي الْعَالَمِ يَزْدَادُونَ ثَرْوَةً. | ١٢ |
13 Only—a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash my hands in innocence,
| بَاطِلاً قَدْ طَهَّرْتُ قَلْبِي وَغَسَلْتُ يَدَيَّ بِالنَّقَاوَةِ. | ١٣ |
14 And I am plagued all the day, And my reproof—every morning.
| لَقَدْ جَعَلْتَنِي يَا رَبُّ مُصَاباً طُولَ النَّهَارِ، وَأَوْقَعْتَ علَيَّ عِقَابَكَ كُلَّ صَبَاحٍ. | ١٤ |
15 If I have said, “I recount thus,” Behold, I have deceived a generation of Your sons.
| لَوْ أَنَّنِي نَطَقْتُ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا، لَكُنْتُ قَدْ خُنْتُ جِيلَ أَوْلادِكَ. | ١٥ |
16 And I think to know this, It [is] perverseness in my eyes,
| وَعِنْدَمَا نَوَيْتُ أَنْ أَفْهَمَ هَذَا، تَعَذَّرَ الأَمْرُ عَلَيَّ، | ١٦ |
17 Until I come into the sanctuaries of God, I attend to their latter end.
| إِلَى أَنْ دَخَلْتُ أَقْدَاسَ اللهِ، وَتَأَمَّلْتُ آخِرَةَ الأَشْرَارِ | ١٧ |
18 Surely You set them in slippery places, You have caused them to fall to desolations.
| حَقّاً إِنَّكَ أَوْقَفْتَهُمْ فِي أَمَاكِنَ زَلِقَةٍ، وَأَوْقَعْتَهُمْ فِي التَّهْلُكَاتِ. | ١٨ |
19 How they have become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended—consumed from terrors.
| كَيْفَ صَارُوا لِلْخَرَابِ فَجْأَةً؟ انْقَرَضُوا وَأَفْنَتْهُمُ الدَّوَاهِي. | ١٩ |
20 As a dream from awakening, O Lord, In awaking, You despise their image.
| كَحُلْمٍ يَتَلاشَى عِنْدَ الْيَقَظَةِ هَكَذَا تَخْتَفِي صُورَتُهُمْ عِنْدَمَا تَنْهَضُ يَا رَبُّ لِمُعَاقَبَتِهِمْ. | ٢٠ |
21 For my heart shows itself violent, And my reins prick themselves,
| عِنْدَمَا تَمَرْمَرَ قَلْبِي وَوَخَزَنِي ضَمِيرِي، | ٢١ |
22 And I am brutish, and do not know. I have been a beast with You.
| أَدْرَكْتُ أَنَّنِي كُنْتُ غَبِيًّا لَا أَعْرِفُ شَيْئاً، إِذْ كُنْتُ كَبَهِيمَةٍ أَمَامَكَ. | ٢٢ |
23 And I [am] continually with You, You have laid hold on my right hand.
| غَيْرَ أَنِّي مَعَكَ دَائِماً، وَأَنْتَ قَدْ أَمْسَكْتَ بِيَدِي الْيُمْنَى. | ٢٣ |
24 You lead me with Your counsel, And after, receive me [to] glory.
| تَهْدِينِي بِمَشُورَتِكَ، وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ تَأْخُذُنِي إِلَى الْمَجْدِ. | ٢٤ |
25 Whom do I have in the heavens? And none have I desired in earth [besides] You.
| مَنْ لِي فِي السَّمَاءِ غَيْرُكَ؟ وَلَسْتُ أَبْغِي فِي الأَرْضِ أَحَداً مَعَكَ. | ٢٥ |
26 My flesh and my heart have been consumed, God [is] the rock of my heart and my portion for all time.
| إِنَّ جَسَدِي وَقَلْبِي يَفْنَيَانِ، أَمَّا اللهُ فَهُوَ صَخْرَةُ قَلْبِي وَنَصِيبِي إِلَى الدَّهْرِ. | ٢٦ |
27 For behold, those far from You perish, You have cut off everyone, Who is going whoring from You.
| هُوَذَا الْمُبْتَعِدُونَ عَنْكَ يَهْلِكُونَ وَأَنْتَ تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ مَنْ يَخُونُكَ. | ٢٧ |
28 And [the] nearness of God to me [is] good, I have placed my refuge in Lord YHWH, To recount all Your works!
| أَمَّا أَنَا فَخَيْرٌ لِي أَنْ أَقْتَرِبَ إِلَى اللهِ، لأَنِّي عَلَى السَّيِّدِ تَوَكَّلْتُ، لأُحَدِّثَ بِجَمِيعِ عَجَائِبِكَ. | ٢٨ |
