اَلْمَزَامِيرُ 119
| طُوبَى لِلْكَامِلِينَ طَرِيقًا، ٱلسَّالِكِينَ فِي شَرِيعَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ. | ١ 1 |
ALEPH. Blessed are those that are vpright in their way, and walke in the Lawe of the Lord.
| طُوبَى لِحَافِظِي شَهَادَاتِهِ. مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِهِمْ يَطْلُبُونَهُ. | ٢ 2 |
Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies, and seeke him with their whole heart.
| أَيْضًا لَا يَرْتَكِبُونَ إِثْمًا. فِي طُرُقِهِ يَسْلُكُونَ. | ٣ 3 |
Surely they woorke none iniquitie, but walke in his waies.
| أَنْتَ أَوْصَيْتَ بِوَصَايَاكَ أَنْ تُحْفَظَ تَمَامًا. | ٤ 4 |
Thou hast commanded to keepe thy precepts diligently.
| لَيْتَ طُرُقِي تُثَبَّتُ فِي حِفْظِ فَرَائِضِكَ. | ٥ 5 |
Oh that my waies were directed to keepe thy statutes!
| حِينَئِذٍ لَا أَخْزَى إِذَا نَظَرْتُ إِلَى كُلِّ وَصَايَاكَ. | ٦ 6 |
Then should I not be confounded, when I haue respect vnto all thy commandements.
| أَحْمَدُكَ بِٱسْتِقَامَةِ قَلْبٍ عِنْدَ تَعَلُّمِي أَحْكَامَ عَدْلِكَ. | ٧ 7 |
I will praise thee with an vpright heart, when I shall learne the iudgements of thy righteousnesse.
| وَصَايَاكَ أَحْفَظُ. لَا تَتْرُكْنِي إِلَى ٱلْغَايَةِ. | ٨ 8 |
I will keepe thy statutes: forsake mee not ouerlong.
| بِمَ يُزَكِّي ٱلشَّابُّ طَرِيقَهُ؟ بِحِفْظِهِ إِيَّاهُ حَسَبَ كَلَامِكَ. | ٩ 9 |
BETH. Wherewith shall a yong man redresse his waie? in taking heede thereto according to thy woorde.
| بِكُلِّ قَلْبِي طَلَبْتُكَ. لَا تُضِلَّنِي عَنْ وَصَايَاكَ. | ١٠ 10 |
With my whole heart haue I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandements.
| خَبَأْتُ كَلَامَكَ فِي قَلْبِي لِكَيْلَا أُخْطِئَ إِلَيْكَ. | ١١ 11 |
I haue hid thy promise in mine heart, that I might not sinne against thee.
| مُبَارَكٌ أَنْتَ يَارَبُّ. عَلِّمْنِي فَرَائِضَكَ. | ١٢ 12 |
Blessed art thou, O Lord: teache mee thy statutes.
| بِشَفَتَيَّ حَسَبْتُ كُلَّ أَحْكَامِ فَمِكَ. | ١٣ 13 |
With my lippes haue I declared all the iudgements of thy mouth.
| بِطَرِيقِ شَهَادَاتِكَ فَرِحْتُ كَمَا عَلَى كُلِّ ٱلْغِنَى. | ١٤ 14 |
I haue had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.
| بِوَصَايَاكَ أَلْهَجُ، وَأُلَاحِظُ سُبُلَكَ. | ١٥ 15 |
I will meditate in thy precepts, and consider thy waies.
| بِفَرَائِضِكَ أَتَلَذَّذُ. لَا أَنْسَى كَلَامَكَ. | ١٦ 16 |
I will delite in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy worde.
| أَحْسِنْ إِلَى عَبْدِكَ، فَأَحْيَا وَأَحْفَظَ أَمْرَكَ. | ١٧ 17 |
GIMEL. Be beneficiall vnto thy seruant, that I may liue and keepe thy woorde.
| ٱكْشِفْ عَنْ عَيْنَيَّ فَأَرَى عَجَائِبَ مِنْ شَرِيعَتِكَ. | ١٨ 18 |
Open mine eies, that I may see the wonders of thy Lawe.
| غَرِيبٌ أَنَا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ. لَا تُخْفِ عَنِّي وَصَايَاكَ. | ١٩ 19 |
I am a stranger vpon earth: hide not thy commandements from me.
| ٱنْسَحَقَتْ نَفْسِي شَوْقًا إِلَى أَحْكَامِكَ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ. | ٢٠ 20 |
Mine heart breaketh for the desire to thy iudgements alway.
| ٱنْتَهَرْتَ ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ ٱلْمَلَاعِينَ ٱلضَّالِّينَ عَنْ وَصَايَاكَ. | ٢١ 21 |
Thou hast destroied the proud: cursed are they that doe erre from thy commandements.
| دَحْرِجْ عَنِّي ٱلْعَارَ وَٱلْإِهَانَةَ، لِأَنِّي حَفِظْتُ شَهَادَاتِكَ. | ٢٢ 22 |
Remoue from mee shame and contempt: for I haue kept thy testimonies.
| جَلَسَ أَيْضًا رُؤَسَاءُ، تَقَاوَلُوا عَلَيَّ. أَمَّا عَبْدُكَ فَيُنَاجِي بِفَرَائِضِكَ. | ٢٣ 23 |
Princes also did sit, and speake against me: but thy seruant did meditate in thy statutes.
| أَيْضًا شَهَادَاتُكَ هِيَ لَذَّتِي، أَهْلُ مَشُورَتِي. | ٢٤ 24 |
Also thy testimonies are my delite, and my counsellers.
| لَصِقَتْ بِٱلتُّرَابِ نَفْسِي، فَأَحْيِنِي حَسَبَ كَلِمَتِكَ. | ٢٥ 25 |
DALETH. My soule cleaueth to the dust: quicken me according to thy worde.
| قَدْ صَرَّحْتُ بِطُرُقِي فَٱسْتَجَبْتَ لِي. عَلِّمْنِي فَرَائِضَكَ. | ٢٦ 26 |
I haue declared my waies, and thou heardest me: teache me thy statutes.
| طَرِيقَ وَصَايَاكَ فَهِّمْنِي، فَأُنَاجِيَ بِعَجَائِبِكَ. | ٢٧ 27 |
Make me to vnderstand ye way of thy precepts, and I will meditate in thy wondrous workes.
| قَطَرَتْ نَفْسِي مِنَ ٱلْحُزْنِ. أَقِمْنِي حَسَبَ كَلَامِكَ. | ٢٨ 28 |
My soule melteth for heauinesse: raise mee vp according vnto thy worde.
| طَرِيقَ ٱلْكَذِبِ أَبْعِدْ عَنِّي، وَبِشَرِيعَتِكَ ٱرْحَمْنِي. | ٢٩ 29 |
Take from mee the way of lying, and graunt me graciously thy Lawe.
| ٱخْتَرْتُ طَرِيقَ ٱلْحَقِّ. جَعَلْتُ أَحْكَامَكَ قُدَّامِي. | ٣٠ 30 |
I haue chosen the way of trueth, and thy iudgements haue I laied before me.
| لَصِقْتُ بِشَهَادَاتِكَ. يَارَبُّ، لَا تُخْزِنِي. | ٣١ 31 |
I haue cleaued to thy testimonies, O Lord: confound me not.
| فِي طَرِيقِ وَصَايَاكَ أَجْرِي، لِأَنَّكَ تُرَحِّبُ قَلْبِي. | ٣٢ 32 |
I will runne the way of thy commandements, when thou shalt enlarge mine heart.
| عَلِّمْنِي يَارَبُّ طَرِيقَ فَرَائِضِكَ، فَأَحْفَظَهَا إِلَى ٱلنِّهَايَةِ. | ٣٣ 33 |
HE. Teach mee, O Lord, the way of thy statutes, and I will keepe it vnto the ende.
| فَهِّمْنِي فَأُلَاحِظَ شَرِيعَتَكَ، وَأَحْفَظَهَا بِكُلِّ قَلْبِي. | ٣٤ 34 |
Giue mee vnderstanding, and I will keepe thy Law: yea, I wil keepe it with my whole heart.
| دَرِّبْنِي فِي سَبِيلِ وَصَايَاكَ، لِأَنِّي بِهِ سُرِرْتُ. | ٣٥ 35 |
Direct mee in the path of thy commandements: for therein is my delite.
| أَمِلْ قَلْبِي إِلَى شَهَادَاتِكَ، لَا إِلَى ٱلْمَكْسَبِ. | ٣٦ 36 |
Incline mine heart vnto thy testimonies, and not to couetousnesse.
| حَوِّلْ عَيْنَيَّ عَنِ ٱلنَّظَرِ إِلَى ٱلْبَاطِلِ. فِي طَرِيقِكَ أَحْيِنِي. | ٣٧ 37 |
Turne away mine eies from regarding vanitie, and quicken me in thy way.
| أَقِمْ لِعَبْدِكَ قَوْلَكَ ٱلَّذِي لِمُتَّقِيكَ. | ٣٨ 38 |
Stablish thy promise to thy seruaunt, because he feareth thee.
| أَزِلْ عَارِي ٱلَّذِي حَذِرْتُ مِنْهُ، لِأَنَّ أَحْكَامَكَ طَيِّبَةٌ. | ٣٩ 39 |
Take away my rebuke that I feare: for thy iudgements are good.
| هَأَنَذَا قَدِ ٱشْتَهَيْتُ وَصَايَاكَ. بِعَدْلِكَ أَحْيِنِي. | ٤٠ 40 |
Beholde, I desire thy commandements: quicken me in thy righteousnesse,
| لِتَأْتِنِي رَحْمَتُكَ يَارَبُّ، خَلَاصُكَ حَسَبَ قَوْلِكَ، | ٤١ 41 |
VAV. And let thy louing kindnesse come vnto me, O Lord, and thy saluation according to thy promise.
| فَأُجَاوِبَ مُعَيِّرِي كَلِمَةً، لِأَنِّي ٱتَّكَلْتُ عَلَى كَلَامِكَ. | ٤٢ 42 |
So shall I make answere vnto my blasphemers: for I trust in thy woorde.
| وَلَا تَنْزِعْ مِنْ فَمِي كَلَامَ ٱلْحَقِّ كُلَّ ٱلنَّزْعِ، لِأَنِّي ٱنْتَظَرْتُ أَحْكَامَكَ. | ٤٣ 43 |
And take not the woorde of trueth vtterly out of my mouth: for I waite for thy iudgements.
| فَأَحْفَظَ شَرِيعَتَكَ دَائِمًا، إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ وَٱلْأَبَدِ، | ٤٤ 44 |
So shall I alway keepe thy Lawe for euer and euer.
| وَأَتَمَشَّى فِي رَحْبٍ، لِأَنِّي طَلَبْتُ وَصَايَاكَ. | ٤٥ 45 |
And I will walke at libertie: for I seeke thy precepts.
| وَأَتَكَلَّمُ بِشَهَادَاتِكَ قُدَّامَ مُلُوكٍ وَلَا أَخْزَى، | ٤٦ 46 |
I will speake also of thy testimonies before Kings, and will not be ashamed.
| وَأَتَلَذَّذُ بِوَصَايَاكَ ٱلَّتِي أَحْبَبْتُ. | ٤٧ 47 |
And my delite shalbe in thy commandements, which I haue loued.
| وَأَرْفَعُ يَدَيَّ إِلَى وَصَايَاكَ ٱلَّتِي وَدِدْتُ، وَأُنَاجِي بِفَرَائِضِكَ. | ٤٨ 48 |
Mine handes also will I lift vp vnto thy commandements, which I haue loued, and I will meditate in thy statutes.
| اُذْكُرْ لِعَبْدِكَ ٱلْقَوْلَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلْتَنِي أَنْتَظِرُهُ. | ٤٩ 49 |
ZAIN. Remember the promise made to thy seruant, wherein thou hast caused me to trust.
| هَذِهِ هِيَ تَعْزِيَتِي فِي مَذَلَّتِي، لِأَنَّ قَوْلَكَ أَحْيَانِي. | ٥٠ 50 |
It is my comfort in my trouble: for thy promise hath quickened me.
| ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرُونَ ٱسْتَهْزَأُوا بِي إِلَى ٱلْغَايَةِ. عَنْ شَرِيعَتِكَ لَمْ أَمِلْ. | ٥١ 51 |
The proude haue had me exceedingly in derision: yet haue I not declined from thy Lawe.
| تَذَكَّرْتُ أَحْكَامَكَ مُنْذُ ٱلدَّهْرِ يَارَبُّ، فَتَعَزَّيْتُ. | ٥٢ 52 |
I remembred thy iudgements of olde, O Lord, and haue bene comforted.
| ٱلْحَمِيَّةُ أَخَذَتْنِي بِسَبَبِ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ تَارِكِي شَرِيعَتِكَ. | ٥٣ 53 |
Feare is come vpon mee for the wicked, that forsake thy Lawe.
| تَرْنِيمَاتٍ صَارَتْ لِي فَرَائِضُكَ فِي بَيْتِ غُرْبَتِي. | ٥٤ 54 |
Thy statutes haue beene my songes in the house of my pilgrimage.
| ذَكَرْتُ فِي ٱللَّيْلِ ٱسْمَكَ يَارَبُّ، وَحَفِظْتُ شَرِيعَتَكَ. | ٥٥ 55 |
I haue remembred thy Name, O Lord, in the night, and haue kept thy Lawe.
| هَذَا صَارَ لِي، لِأَنِّي حَفِظْتُ وَصَايَاكَ. | ٥٦ 56 |
This I had because I kept thy precepts.
| نَصِيبِي ٱلرَّبُّ، قُلْتُ لِحِفْظِ كَلَامِكَ. | ٥٧ 57 |
CHETH. O Lord, that art my portion, I haue determined to keepe thy wordes.
| تَرَضَّيْتُ وَجْهَكَ بِكُلِّ قَلْبِي. ٱرْحَمْنِي حَسَبَ قَوْلِكَ. | ٥٨ 58 |
I made my supplication in thy presence with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto me according to thy promise.
| تَفَكَّرْتُ فِي طُرُقِي، وَرَدَدْتُ قَدَمَيَّ إِلَى شَهَادَاتِكَ. | ٥٩ 59 |
I haue considered my waies, and turned my feete into thy testimonies.
| أَسْرَعْتُ وَلَمْ أَتَوَانَ لِحِفْظِ وَصَايَاكَ. | ٦٠ 60 |
I made haste and delaied not to keepe thy commandements.
| حِبَالُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ ٱلْتَفَّتْ عَلَيَّ. أَمَّا شَرِيعَتُكَ فَلَمْ أَنْسَهَا. | ٦١ 61 |
The bandes of the wicked haue robbed me: but I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.
| فِي مُنْتَصَفِ ٱللَّيْلِ أَقُومُ لِأَحْمَدَكَ عَلَى أَحْكَامِ بِرِّكَ. | ٦٢ 62 |
At midnight will I rise to giue thanks vnto thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
| رَفِيقٌ أَنَا لِكُلِّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَكَ وَلِحَافِظِي وَصَايَاكَ. | ٦٣ 63 |
I am companion of all them that feare thee, and keepe thy precepts.
| رَحْمَتُكَ يَارَبُّ قَدْ مَلَأَتِ ٱلْأَرْضَ. عَلِّمْنِي فَرَائِضَكَ. | ٦٤ 64 |
The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercie: teache me thy statutes.
| خَيْرًا صَنَعْتَ مَعَ عَبْدِكَ يَارَبُّ حَسَبَ كَلَامِكَ. | ٦٥ 65 |
TETH. O Lord, thou hast delt graciously with thy seruant according vnto thy woorde.
| ذَوْقًا صَالِحًا وَمَعْرِفَةً عَلِّمْنِي، لِأَنِّي بِوَصَايَاكَ آمَنْتُ. | ٦٦ 66 |
Teach me good iudgement and knowledge: for I haue beleeued thy commandements.
| قَبْلَ أَنْ أُذَلَّلَ أَنَا ضَلَلْتُ، أَمَّا ٱلْآنَ فَحَفِظْتُ قَوْلَكَ. | ٦٧ 67 |
Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but nowe I keepe thy woorde.
| صَالِحٌ أَنْتَ وَمُحْسِنٌ. عَلِّمْنِي فَرَائِضَكَ. | ٦٨ 68 |
Thou art good and gracious: teach me thy statutes.
| ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرُونَ قَدْ لَفَّقُوا عَلَيَّ كَذِبًا، أَمَّا أَنَا فَبِكُلِّ قَلْبِي أَحْفَظُ وَصَايَاكَ. | ٦٩ 69 |
The proud haue imagined a lie against me: but I wil keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.
| سَمِنَ مِثْلَ ٱلشَّحْمِ قَلْبُهُمْ، أَمَّا أَنَا فَبِشَرِيعَتِكَ أَتَلَذَّذُ. | ٧٠ 70 |
Their heart is fatte as grease: but my delite is in thy Lawe.
| خَيْرٌ لِي أَنِّي تَذَلَّلْتُ لِكَيْ أَتَعَلَّمَ فَرَائِضَكَ. | ٧١ 71 |
It is good for me that I haue beene afflicted, that I may learne thy statutes.
| شَرِيعَةُ فَمِكَ خَيْرٌ لِي مِنْ أُلُوفِ ذَهَبٍ وَفِضَّةٍ. | ٧٢ 72 |
The Lawe of thy mouth is better vnto me, then thousands of golde and siluer.
| يَدَاكَ صَنَعَتَانِي وَأَنْشَأَتَانِي. فَهِّمْنِي فَأَتَعَلَّمَ وَصَايَاكَ. | ٧٣ 73 |
IOD. Thine hands haue made me and fashioned me: giue mee vnderstanding therefore, that I may learne thy commandements.
| مُتَّقُوكَ يَرَوْنَنِي فَيَفْرَحُونَ، لِأَنِّي ٱنْتَظَرْتُ كَلَامَكَ. | ٧٤ 74 |
So they that feare thee, seeing mee shall reioyce, because I haue trusted in thy worde.
| قَدْ عَلِمْتُ يَارَبُّ أَنَّ أَحْكَامَكَ عَدْلٌ، وَبِٱلْحَقِّ أَذْلَلْتَنِي. | ٧٥ 75 |
I knowe, O Lord, that thy iudgements are right, and that thou hast afflicted me iustly.
| فَلْتَصِرْ رَحْمَتُكَ لِتَعْزِيَتِي، حَسَبَ قَوْلِكَ لِعَبْدِكَ. | ٧٦ 76 |
I pray thee that thy mercie may comfort me according to thy promise vnto thy seruant.
| لِتَأْتِنِي مَرَاحِمُكَ فَأَحْيَا، لِأَنَّ شَرِيعَتَكَ هِيَ لَذَّتِي. | ٧٧ 77 |
Let thy tender mercies come vnto me, that I may liue: for thy Lawe is my delite.
| لِيَخْزَ ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرُونَ لِأَنَّهُمْ زُورًا ٱفْتَرَوْا عَلَيَّ. أَمَّا أَنَا فَأُنَاجِي بِوَصَايَاكَ. | ٧٨ 78 |
Let the proude be ashamed: for they haue dealt wickedly and falsely with me: but I meditate in thy precepts.
| لِيَرْجِعْ إِلَيَّ مُتَّقُوكَ وَعَارِفُو شَهَادَاتِكَ. | ٧٩ 79 |
Let such as feare thee turne vnto me, and they that knowe thy testimonies.
| لِيَكُنْ قَلْبِي كَامِلًا فِي فَرَائِضِكَ لِكَيْلَا أَخْزَى. | ٨٠ 80 |
Let mine heart bee vpright in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.
| تَاقَتْ نَفْسِي إِلَى خَلَاصِكَ. كَلَامَكَ ٱنْتَظَرْتُ. | ٨١ 81 |
CAPH. My soule fainteth for thy saluation: yet I waite for thy worde.
| كَلَّتْ عَيْنَايَ مِنَ ٱلنَّظَرِ إِلَى قَوْلِكَ، فَأَقُولُ: «مَتَى تُعَزِّينِي؟». | ٨٢ 82 |
Mine eyes faile for thy promise, saying, when wilt thou comfort me?
| لِأَنِّي قَدْ صِرْتُ كَزِقٍّ فِي ٱلدُّخَانِ، أَمَّا فَرَائِضُكَ فَلَمْ أَنْسَهَا. | ٨٣ 83 |
For I am like a bottell in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes.
| كَمْ هِيَ أَيَّامُ عَبْدِكَ؟ مَتَى تُجْرِي حُكْمًا عَلَى مُضْطَهِدِيَّ؟ | ٨٤ 84 |
Howe many are the dayes of thy seruant? When wilt thou execute iudgement on them that persecute me?
| ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرُونَ قَدْ كَرَوْا لِي حَفَائِرَ. ذَلِكَ لَيْسَ حَسَبَ شَرِيعَتِكَ. | ٨٥ 85 |
The proude haue digged pittes for mee, which is not after thy Lawe.
| كُلُّ وَصَايَاكَ أَمَانَةٌ. زُورًا يَضْطَهِدُونَنِي. أَعِنِّي. | ٨٦ 86 |
All thy commandements are true: they persecute me falsely: helpe me.
| لَوْلَا قَلِيلٌ لَأَفْنَوْنِي مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ. أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَمْ أَتْرُكْ وَصَايَاكَ. | ٨٧ 87 |
They had almost consumed me vpon the earth: but I forsooke not thy precepts.
| حَسَبَ رَحْمَتِكَ أَحْيِنِي، فَأَحْفَظَ شَهَادَاتِ فَمِكَ. | ٨٨ 88 |
Quicken me according to thy louing kindnes: so shall I keepe the testimony of thy mouth.
| إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ يَارَبُّ كَلِمَتُكَ مُثَبَّتَةٌ فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ. | ٨٩ 89 |
LAMED. O Lord, thy worde endureth for euer in heauen.
| إِلَى دَوْرٍ فَدَوْرٍ أَمَانَتُكَ. أَسَّسْتَ ٱلْأَرْضَ فَثَبَتَتْ. | ٩٠ 90 |
Thy trueth is from generation to generation: thou hast layed the foundation of the earth, and it abideth.
| عَلَى أَحْكَامِكَ ثَبَتَتِ ٱلْيَوْمَ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْكُلَّ عَبِيدُكَ. | ٩١ 91 |
They continue euen to this day by thine ordinances: for all are thy seruants.
| لَوْ لَمْ تَكُنْ شَرِيعَتُكَ لَذَّتِي، لَهَلَكْتُ حِينَئِذٍ فِي مَذَلَّتِي. | ٩٢ 92 |
Except thy Lawe had bene my delite, I should now haue perished in mine affliction.
| إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ لَا أَنْسَى وَصَايَاكَ، لِأَنَّكَ بِهَا أَحْيَيْتَنِي. | ٩٣ 93 |
I wil neuer forget thy precepts: for by them thou hast quickened me.
| لَكَ أَنَا فَخَلِّصْنِي، لِأَنِّي طَلَبْتُ وَصَايَاكَ. | ٩٤ 94 |
I am thine, saue me: for I haue sought thy precepts.
| إِيَّايَ ٱنْتَظَرَ ٱلْأَشْرَارُ لِيُهْلِكُونِي. بِشَهَادَاتِكَ أَفْطُنُ. | ٩٥ 95 |
The wicked haue waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
| لِكُلِّ كَمَالٍ رَأَيْتُ حَدًّا، أَمَّا وَصِيَّتُكَ فَوَاسِعَةٌ جِدًّا. | ٩٦ 96 |
I haue seene an ende of all perfection: but thy commandement is exceeding large.
| كَمْ أَحْبَبْتُ شَرِيعَتَكَ! ٱلْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ هِيَ لَهَجِي. | ٩٧ 97 |
MEM. Oh howe loue I thy Lawe! it is my meditation continually.
| وَصِيَّتُكَ جَعَلَتْنِي أَحْكَمَ مِنْ أَعْدَائِي، لِأَنَّهَا إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ هِيَ لِي. | ٩٨ 98 |
By thy commandements thou hast made mee wiser then mine enemies: for they are euer with mee.
| أَكْثَرَ مِنْ كُلِّ مُعَلِّمِيَّ تَعَقَّلْتُ، لِأَنَّ شَهَادَاتِكَ هِيَ لَهَجِي. | ٩٩ 99 |
I haue had more vnderstading then all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my (meditation)
| أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلشُّيُوخِ فَطِنْتُ، لِأَنِّي حَفِظْتُ وَصَايَاكَ. | ١٠٠ 100 |
I vnderstoode more then the ancient, because I kept thy precepts.
| مِنْ كُلِّ طَرِيقِ شَرٍّ مَنَعْتُ رِجْلَيَّ، لِكَيْ أَحْفَظَ كَلَامَكَ. | ١٠١ 101 |
I haue refrained my feete from euery euil way, that I might keepe thy word.
| عَنْ أَحْكَامِكَ لَمْ أَمِلْ، لِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ عَلَّمْتَنِي. | ١٠٢ 102 |
I haue not declined from thy iudgements: for thou didest teach me.
| مَا أَحْلَى قَوْلَكَ لِحَنَكِي! أَحْلَى مِنَ ٱلْعَسَلِ لِفَمِي. | ١٠٣ 103 |
Howe sweete are thy promises vnto my mouth! yea, more then hony vnto my mouth.
| مِنْ وَصَايَاكَ أَتَفَطَّنُ، لِذَلِكَ أَبْغَضْتُ كُلَّ طَرِيقِ كَذِبٍ. | ١٠٤ 104 |
By thy precepts I haue gotten vnderstanding: therefore I hate all the wayes of falshoode.
| سِرَاجٌ لِرِجْلِي كَلَامُكَ وَنُورٌ لِسَبِيلِي. | ١٠٥ 105 |
NUN. Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my feete, and a light vnto my path.
| حَلَفْتُ فَأَبِرُّهُ، أَنْ أَحْفَظَ أَحْكَامَ بِرِّكَ. | ١٠٦ 106 |
I haue sworne and will performe it, that I will keepe thy righteous iudgements.
| تَذَلَّلْتُ إِلَى ٱلْغَايَةِ. يَارَبُّ، أَحْيِنِي حَسَبَ كَلَامِكَ. | ١٠٧ 107 |
I am very sore afflicted: O Lord, quicken me according to thy word.
| ٱرْتَضِ بِمَنْدُوبَاتِ فَمِي يَارَبُّ، وَأَحْكَامَكَ عَلِّمْنِي. | ١٠٨ 108 |
O Lord, I beseeche thee accept the free offerings of my mouth, and teach mee thy iudgements.
| نَفْسِي دَائِمًا فِي كَفِّي، أَمَّا شَرِيعَتُكَ فَلَمْ أَنْسَهَا. | ١٠٩ 109 |
My soule is continually in mine hande: yet doe I not forget thy Lawe.
| ٱلْأَشْرَارُ وَضَعُوا لِي فَخًّا، أَمَّا وَصَايَاكَ فَلَمْ أَضِلَّ عَنْهَا. | ١١٠ 110 |
The wicked haue layed a snare for mee: but I swarued not from thy precepts.
| وَرِثْتُ شَهَادَاتِكَ إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ، لِأَنَّهَا هِيَ بَهْجَةُ قَلْبِي. | ١١١ 111 |
Thy testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer: for they are the ioy of mine heart.
| عَطَفْتُ قَلْبِي لِأَصْنَعَ فَرَائِضَكَ إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ إِلَى ٱلنِّهَايَةِ. | ١١٢ 112 |
I haue applied mine heart to fulfill thy statutes alway, euen vnto the ende.
| ٱلْمُتَقَلِّبِينَ أَبْغَضْتُ، وَشَرِيعَتَكَ أَحْبَبْتُ. | ١١٣ 113 |
SAMECH. I hate vaine inuentions: but thy Lawe doe I loue.
| سِتْرِي وَمِجَنِّي أَنْتَ. كَلَامَكَ ٱنْتَظَرْتُ. | ١١٤ 114 |
Thou art my refuge and shield, and I trust in thy worde.
| ٱنْصَرِفُوا عَنِّي أَيُّهَا ٱلْأَشْرَارُ، فَأَحْفَظَ وَصَايَا إِلَهِي. | ١١٥ 115 |
Away from mee, yee wicked: for I will keepe the commandements of my God.
| ٱعْضُدْنِي حَسَبَ قَوْلِكَ فَأَحْيَا، وَلَا تُخْزِنِي مِنْ رَجَائِي. | ١١٦ 116 |
Stablish me according to thy promise, that I may liue, and disappoint me not of mine hope.
| أَسْنِدْنِي فَأَخْلُصَ، وَأُرَاعِيَ فَرَائِضَكَ دَائِمًا. | ١١٧ 117 |
Stay thou mee, and I shall be safe, and I will delite continually in thy statutes.
| ٱحْتَقَرْتَ كُلَّ ٱلضَّالِّينَ عَنْ فَرَائِضِكَ، لِأَنَّ مَكْرَهُمْ بَاطِلٌ. | ١١٨ 118 |
Thou hast troden downe all them that depart from thy statutes: for their deceit is vaine.
| كَزَغَلٍ عَزَلْتَ كُلَّ أَشْرَارِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، لِذَلِكَ أَحْبَبْتُ شَهَادَاتِكَ. | ١١٩ 119 |
Thou hast taken away all ye wicked of the earth like drosse: therefore I loue thy testimonies.
| قَدِ ٱقْشَعَرَّ لَحْمِي مِنْ رُعْبِكَ، وَمِنْ أَحْكَامِكَ جَزِعْتُ. | ١٢٠ 120 |
My flesh trembleth for feare of thee, and I am afraide of thy iudgements.
| أَجْرَيْتُ حُكْمًا وَعَدْلًا. لَا تُسْلِمْنِي إِلَى ظَالِمِيَّ. | ١٢١ 121 |
AIN. I haue executed iudgement and iustice: leaue me not to mine oppressours.
| كُنْ ضَامِنَ عَبْدِكَ لِلْخَيْرِ، لِكَيْلَا يَظْلِمَنِي ٱلْمُسْتَكْبِرُونَ. | ١٢٢ 122 |
Answere for thy seruant in that, which is good, and let not the proude oppresse me.
| كَلَّتْ عَيْنَايَ ٱشْتِيَاقًا إِلَى خَلَاصِكَ وَإِلَى كَلِمَةِ بِرِّكَ. | ١٢٣ 123 |
Mine eyes haue failed in waiting for thy saluation, and for thy iust promise.
| ٱصْنَعْ مَعَ عَبْدِكَ حَسَبَ رَحْمَتِكَ، وَفَرَائِضَكَ عَلِّمْنِي. | ١٢٤ 124 |
Deale with thy seruant according to thy mercie, and teache me thy statutes.
| عَبْدُكَ أَنَا. فَهِّمْنِي فَأَعْرِفَ شَهَادَاتِكَ. | ١٢٥ 125 |
I am thy seruant: graunt mee therefore vnderstanding, that I may knowe thy testimonies.
| إِنَّهُ وَقْتُ عَمَلٍ لِلرَّبِّ. قَدْ نَقَضُوا شَرِيعَتَكَ. | ١٢٦ 126 |
It is time for thee Lord to worke: for they haue destroyed thy Lawe.
| لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ أَحْبَبْتُ وَصَايَاكَ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْإِبْرِيزِ. | ١٢٧ 127 |
Therefore loue I thy commandements aboue golde, yea, aboue most fine golde.
| لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ حَسِبْتُ كُلَّ وَصَايَاكَ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُسْتَقِيمَةً. كُلَّ طَرِيقِ كَذِبٍ أَبْغَضْتُ. | ١٢٨ 128 |
Therefore I esteeme all thy precepts most iust, and hate all false wayes.
| عَجِيبَةٌ هِيَ شَهَادَاتُكَ، لِذَلِكَ حَفِظَتْهَا نَفْسِي. | ١٢٩ 129 |
PE. Thy testimonies are wonderfull: therefore doeth my soule keepe them.
| فَتْحُ كَلَامِكَ يُنِيرُ، يُعَقِّلُ ٱلْجُهَّالَ. | ١٣٠ 130 |
The entrance into thy wordes sheweth light, and giueth vnderstanding to the simple.
| فَغَرْتُ فَمِي وَلَهَثْتُ، لِأَنِّي إِلَى وَصَايَاكَ ٱشْتَقْتُ. | ١٣١ 131 |
I opened my mouth and panted, because I loued thy commandements.
| ٱلْتَفِتْ إِلَيَّ وَٱرْحَمْنِي، كَحَقِّ مُحِبِّي ٱسْمِكَ. | ١٣٢ 132 |
Looke vpon mee and bee mercifull vnto me, as thou vsest to doe vnto those that loue thy Name.
| ثَبِّتْ خُطُوَاتِي فِي كَلِمَتِكَ، وَلَا يَتَسَلَّطْ عَلَيَّ إِثْمٌ. | ١٣٣ 133 |
Direct my steppes in thy worde, and let none iniquitie haue dominion ouer me.
| ٱفْدِنِي مِنْ ظُلْمِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ، فَأَحْفَظَ وَصَايَاكَ. | ١٣٤ 134 |
Deliuer mee from the oppression of men, and I will keepe thy precepts.
| أَضِئْ بِوَجْهِكَ عَلَى عَبْدِكَ، وَعَلِّمْنِي فَرَائِضَكَ. | ١٣٥ 135 |
Shew the light of thy countenance vpon thy seruant, and teache me thy statutes.
| جَدَاوِلُ مِيَاهٍ جَرَتْ مِنْ عَيْنَيَّ، لِأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَحْفَظُوا شَرِيعَتَكَ. | ١٣٦ 136 |
Mine eyes gush out with riuers of water, because they keepe not thy Lawe.
| بَارٌّ أَنْتَ يَارَبُّ، وَأَحْكَامُكَ مُسْتَقِيمَةٌ. | ١٣٧ 137 |
TSADDI. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and iust are thy iudgements.
| عَدْلًا أَمَرْتَ بِشَهَادَاتِكَ، وَحَقًّا إِلَى ٱلْغَايَةِ. | ١٣٨ 138 |
Thou hast commanded iustice by thy testimonies and trueth especially.
| أَهْلَكَتْنِي غَيْرَتِي، لِأَنَّ أَعْدَائِي نَسُوا كَلَامَكَ. | ١٣٩ 139 |
My zeale hath euen consumed mee, because mine enemies haue forgotten thy wordes.
| كَلِمَتُكَ مُمَحَّصَةٌ جِدًّا، وَعَبْدُكَ أَحَبَّهَا. | ١٤٠ 140 |
Thy word is prooued most pure, and thy seruant loueth it.
| صَغِيرٌ أَنَا وَحَقِيرٌ، أَمَّا وَصَايَاكَ فَلَمْ أَنْسَهَا. | ١٤١ 141 |
I am small and despised: yet do I not forget thy precepts.
| عَدْلُكَ عَدْلٌ إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ، وَشَرِيعَتُكَ حَقٌّ. | ١٤٢ 142 |
Thy righteousnesse is an euerlasting righteousnes, and thy Lawe is trueth.
| ضِيْقٌ وَشِدَّةٌ أَصَابَانِي، أَمَّا وَصَايَاكَ فَهِيَ لَذَّاتِي. | ١٤٣ 143 |
Trouble and anguish are come vpon me: yet are thy commandements my delite.
| عَادِلَةٌ شَهَادَاتُكَ إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ. فَهِّمْنِي فَأَحْيَا. | ١٤٤ 144 |
The righteousnes of thy testimonies is euerlasting: graunt me vnderstanding, and I shall liue.
| صَرَخْتُ مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِي. ٱسْتَجِبْ لِي يَارَبُّ. فَرَائِضَكَ أَحْفَظُ. | ١٤٥ 145 |
KOPH. I haue cried with my whole heart: heare me, O Lord, and I will keepe thy statutes.
| دَعَوْتُكَ. خَلِّصْنِي، فَأَحْفَظَ شَهَادَاتِكَ. | ١٤٦ 146 |
I called vpon thee: saue mee, and I will keepe thy testimonies.
| تَقَدَّمْتُ فِي ٱلصُّبْحِ وَصَرَخْتُ. كَلَامَكَ ٱنْتَظَرْتُ. | ١٤٧ 147 |
I preuented the morning light, and cried: for I waited on thy word.
| تَقَدَّمَتْ عَيْنَايَ ٱلْهُزُعَ، لِكَيْ أَلْهَجَ بِأَقْوَالِكَ. | ١٤٨ 148 |
Mine eyes preuent the night watches to meditate in thy word.
| صَوْتِيَ ٱسْتَمِعْ حَسَبَ رَحْمَتِكَ. يَارَبُّ، حَسَبَ أَحْكَامِكَ أَحْيِنِي. | ١٤٩ 149 |
Heare my voyce according to thy louing kindenesse: O Lord, quicken me according to thy iudgement.
| ٱقْتَرَبَ ٱلتَّابِعُونَ ٱلرَّذِيلَةَ. عَنْ شَرِيعَتِكَ بَعُدُوا. | ١٥٠ 150 |
They drawe neere, that follow after malice, and are farre from thy Lawe.
| قَرِيبٌ أَنْتَ يَارَبُّ، وَكُلُّ وَصَايَاكَ حَقٌّ. | ١٥١ 151 |
Thou art neere, O Lord: for all thy commandements are true.
| مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ عَرَفْتُ مِنْ شَهَادَاتِكَ أَنَّكَ إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ أَسَّسْتَهَا. | ١٥٢ 152 |
I haue knowen long since by thy testimonies, that thou hast established them for euer.
| اُنْظُرْ إِلَى ذُلِّي وَأَنْقِذْنِي، لِأَنِّي لَمْ أَنْسَ شَرِيعَتَكَ. | ١٥٣ 153 |
RESH. Beholde mine affliction, and deliuer mee: for I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.
| أَحْسِنْ دَعْوَايَ. | ١٥٤ 154 |
Pleade my cause, and deliuer me: quicken me according vnto thy word.
| ٱلْخَلَاصُ بَعِيدٌ عَنِ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَلْتَمِسُوا فَرَائِضَكَ. | ١٥٥ 155 |
Saluation is farre from the wicked, because they seeke not thy statutes.
| كَثِيرَةٌ هِيَ مَرَاحِمُكَ يَارَبُّ. حَسَبَ أَحْكَامِكَ أَحْيِنِي. | ١٥٦ 156 |
Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy iudgements.
| كَثِيرُونَ مُضْطَهِدِيَّ وَمُضَايِقِيَّ، أَمَّا شَهَادَاتُكَ فَلَمْ أَمِلْ عَنْهَا. | ١٥٧ 157 |
My persecutours and mine oppressours are many: yet doe I not swarue from thy testimonies.
| رَأَيْتُ ٱلْغَادِرِينَ وَمَقَتُّ، لِأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَحْفَظُوا كَلِمَتَكَ. | ١٥٨ 158 |
I saw the transgressours and was grieued, because they kept not thy worde.
| ٱنْظُرْ أَنِّي أَحْبَبْتُ وَصَايَاكَ. يَارَبُّ، حَسَبَ رَحْمَتِكَ أَحْيِنِي. | ١٥٩ 159 |
Consider, O Lord, how I loue thy preceptes: quicken mee according to thy louing kindenesse.
| رَأْسُ كَلَامِكَ حَقٌّ، وَإِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ كُلُّ أَحْكَامِ عَدْلِكَ. | ١٦٠ 160 |
The beginning of thy worde is trueth, and all the iudgements of thy righteousnesse endure for euer.
| رُؤَسَاءُ ٱضْطَهَدُونِي بِلَا سَبَبٍ، وَمِنْ كَلَامِكَ جَزِعَ قَلْبِي. | ١٦١ 161 |
SCHIN. Princes haue persecuted mee without cause, but mine heart stood in awe of thy wordes.
| أَبْتَهِجُ أَنَا بِكَلَامِكَ كَمَنْ وَجَدَ غَنِيمَةً وَافِرَةً. | ١٦٢ 162 |
I reioyce at thy worde, as one that findeth a great spoyle.
| أَبْغَضْتُ ٱلْكَذِبَ وَكَرِهْتُهُ، أَمَّا شَرِيعَتُكَ فَأَحْبَبْتُهَا. | ١٦٣ 163 |
I hate falshoode and abhorre it, but thy Lawe doe I loue.
| سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ فِي ٱلنَّهَارِ سَبَّحْتُكَ عَلَى أَحْكَامِ عَدْلِكَ. | ١٦٤ 164 |
Seuen times a day doe I praise thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
| سَلَامَةٌ جَزِيلَةٌ لِمُحِبِّي شَرِيعَتِكَ، وَلَيْسَ لَهُمْ مَعْثَرَةٌ. | ١٦٥ 165 |
They that loue thy Law, shall haue great prosperitie, and they shall haue none hurt.
| رَجَوْتُ خَلَاصَكَ يَارَبُّ، وَوَصَايَاكَ عَمِلْتُ. | ١٦٦ 166 |
Lord, I haue trusted in thy saluation, and haue done thy commandements.
| حَفِظَتْ نَفْسِي شَهَادَاتِكَ، وَأُحِبُّهَا جِدًّا. | ١٦٧ 167 |
My soule hath kept thy testimonies: for I loue them exceedingly.
| حَفِظْتُ وَصَايَاكَ وَشَهَادَاتِكَ، لِأَنَّ كُلَّ طُرُقِي أَمَامَكَ. | ١٦٨ 168 |
I haue kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my wayes are before thee.
| لِيَبْلُغْ صُرَاخِي إِلَيْكَ يَارَبُّ. حَسَبَ كَلَامِكَ فَهِّمْنِي. | ١٦٩ 169 |
TAV. Let my complaint come before thee, O Lord, and giue me vnderstanding, according vnto thy worde.
| لِتَدْخُلْ طِلْبَتِي إِلَى حَضْرَتِكَ. كَكَلِمَتِكَ نَجِّنِي. | ١٧٠ 170 |
Let my supplication come before thee, and deliuer me according to thy promise.
| تُنَبِّعُ شَفَتَايَ تَسْبِيحًا إِذَا عَلَّمْتَنِي فَرَائِضَكَ. | ١٧١ 171 |
My lippes shall speake praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
| يُغَنِّي لِسَانِي بِأَقْوَالِكَ، لِأَنَّ كُلَّ وَصَايَاكَ عَدْلٌ. | ١٧٢ 172 |
My tongue shall intreate of thy word: for all thy commandements are righteous.
| لِتَكُنْ يَدُكَ لِمَعُونَتِي، لِأَنَّنِي ٱخْتَرْتُ وَصَايَاكَ. | ١٧٣ 173 |
Let thine hand helpe me: for I haue chosen thy precepts.
| ٱشْتَقْتُ إِلَى خَلَاصِكَ يَارَبُّ، وَشَرِيعَتُكَ هِيَ لَذَّتِي. | ١٧٤ 174 |
I haue longed for thy saluation, O Lord, and thy Lawe is my delite.
| لِتَحْيَ نَفْسِي وَتُسَبِّحَكَ، وَأَحْكَامُكَ لِتُعِنِّي. | ١٧٥ 175 |
Let my soule liue, and it shall praise thee, and thy iudgements shall helpe me.
| ضَلَلْتُ، كَشَاةٍ ضَالَّةٍ. ٱطْلُبْ عَبْدَكَ، لِأَنِّي لَمْ أَنْسَ وَصَايَاكَ. | ١٧٦ 176 |
I haue gone astraye like a lost sheepe: seeke thy seruant, for I doe not forget thy commandements.
