اَلْمَزَامِيرُ 101

١ 1 لِدَاوُدَ. مَزْمُورٌ رَحْمَةً وَحُكْمًا أُغَنِّي. لَكَ يَارَبُّ أُرَنِّمُ.

Yahweh, I will sing to you! I will sing about [your] faithfully loving [us] (OR, my being loyal to you and acting justly/fairly [toward people]).

٢ 2 أَتَعَقَّلُ فِي طَرِيقٍ كَامِلٍ. مَتَى تَأْتِي إِلَيَّ؟ أَسْلُكُ فِي كَمَالِ قَلْبِي فِي وَسَطِ بَيْتِي.

[I promise that] while I rule people [MTY], I will behave in such a way that no one will be able to criticize me. Yahweh, (when will you come to [help] me?/I need you to come to [help] me.) [RHQ] I will do things that are right.

٣ 3 لَا أَضَعُ قُدَّامَ عَيْنَيَّ أَمْرًا رَدِيئًا. عَمَلَ ٱلزَّيَغَانِ أَبْغَضْتُ. لَا يَلْصَقُ بِي.

I will not allow stay away from those who do what is evil [SYN]. I hate the deeds of those who ([turn away from/sin against]) you; I will (completely avoid those people/not allow those people to come near me).

٤ 4 قَلْبٌ مُعْوَجٌّ يَبْعُدُ عَنِّي. ٱلشِّرِّيرُ لَا أَعْرِفُهُ.

I will not be dishonest, and I will not have anything to do with evil (OR, evil people).

٥ 5 ٱلَّذِي يَغْتَابُ صَاحِبَهُ سِرًّا هَذَا أَقْطَعُهُ. مُسْتَكْبِرُ ٱلْعَيْنِ وَمُنْتَفِخُ ٱلْقَلْبِ لَا أَحْتَمِلُهُ.

I will get rid of anyone who secretly slanders someone else, and I will not (tolerate/allow to be near me) anyone who is proud and arrogant [DOU].

٦ 6 عَيْنَايَ عَلَى أُمَنَاءِ ٱلْأَرْضِ لِكَيْ أُجْلِسَهُمْ مَعِي. ٱلسَّالِكُ طَرِيقًا كَامِلًا هُوَ يَخْدِمُنِي.

I will approve of [IDM] people in this land who (are loyal to/faithfully [obey]) [God], and I will allow them to (live with/work for) me. I will allow those who behave in such a way that no one can criticize them to (serve me/be my officials).

٧ 7 لَا يَسْكُنُ وَسَطَ بَيْتِي عَامِلُ غِشٍّ. ٱلْمُتَكَلِّمُ بِٱلْكَذِبِ لَا يَثْبُتُ أَمَامَ عَيْنَيَّ.

I will not allow anyone who deceives others to work in my palace; no one who tells lies will be allowed to continually come to [work for] me.

٨ 8 بَاكِرًا أُبِيدُ جَمِيعَ أَشْرَارِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، لِأَقْطَعَ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ كُلَّ فَاعِلِي ٱلْإِثْمِ.

Every day I will [try to] get rid of all the wicked people in this land; I will [do that by] expelling them from [this] city, which is Yahweh’s city.