اَلْمَزَامِيرُ 73

١ 1 مَزْمُورٌ. لِآسَافَ إِنَّمَا صَالِحٌ ٱللهُ لِإِسْرَائِيلَ، لِأَنْقِيَاءِ ٱلْقَلْبِ.

BOOK III A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, even to such as are pure in heart.

٢ 2 أَمَّا أَنَا فَكَادَتْ تَزِلُّ قَدَمَايَ. لَوْلَا قَلِيلٌ لَزَلِقَتْ خَطَوَاتِي.

But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

٣ 3 لِأَنِّي غِرْتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ، إِذْ رَأَيْتُ سَلَامَةَ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ.

For I was envious at the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

٤ 4 لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَتْ فِي مَوْتِهِمْ شَدَائِدُ، وَجِسْمُهُمْ سَمِينٌ.

For there are no pangs at their death, and their body is sound.

٥ 5 لَيْسُوا فِي تَعَبِ ٱلنَّاسِ، وَمَعَ ٱلْبَشَرِ لَا يُصَابُونَ.

In the trouble of man they are not; neither are they plagued like men.

٦ 6 لِذَلِكَ تَقَلَّدُوا ٱلْكِبْرِيَاءَ. لَبِسُوا كَثَوْبٍ ظُلْمَهُمْ.

Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.

٧ 7 جَحَظَتْ عُيُونُهُمْ مِنَ ٱلشَّحْمِ. جَاوَزُوا تَصَوُّرَاتِ ٱلْقَلْبِ.

Their eyes stand forth from fatness; they are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart.

٨ 8 يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ وَيَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِٱلشَّرِّ ظُلْمًا. مِنَ ٱلْعَلَاءِ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ.

They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression; they speak as if there were none on high.

٩ 9 جَعَلُوا أَفْوَاهَهُمْ فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ، وَأَلْسِنَتُهُمْ تَتَمَشَّى فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ.

They have set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

١٠ 10 لِذَلِكَ يَرْجِعُ شَعْبُهُ إِلَى هُنَا، وَكَمِيَاهٍ مُرْوِيَةٍ يُمْتَصُّونَ مِنْهُمْ.

Therefore His people return hither; and waters of fullness are drained out by them.

١١ 11 وَقَالُوا: «كَيْفَ يَعْلَمُ ٱللهُ؟ وَهَلْ عِنْدَ ٱلْعَلِيِّ مَعْرِفَةٌ؟».

And they say: 'How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'

١٢ 12 هُوَذَا هَؤُلَاءِ هُمُ ٱلْأَشْرَارُ، وَمُسْتَرِيحِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ يُكْثِرُونَ ثَرْوَةً.

Behold, such are the wicked; and they that are always at ease increase riches.

١٣ 13 حَقًّا قَدْ زَكَّيْتُ قَلْبِي بَاطِلًا وَغَسَلْتُ بِٱلنَّقَاوَةِ يَدَيَّ.

Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocency;

١٤ 14 وَكُنْتُ مُصَابًا ٱلْيَوْمَ كُلَّهُ، وَتَأَدَّبْتُ كُلَّ صَبَاحٍ.

For all the day have I been plagued, and my chastisement came every morning.

١٥ 15 لَوْ قُلْتُ أُحَدِّثُ هَكَذَا، لَغَدَرْتُ بِجِيلِ بَنِيكَ.

If I had said: 'I will speak thus', behold, I had been faithless to the generation of Thy children.

١٦ 16 فَلَمَّا قَصَدْتُ مَعْرِفَةَ هَذَا، إِذَا هُوَ تَعَبٌ فِي عَيْنَيَّ.

And when I pondered how I might know this, it was wearisome in mine eyes;

١٧ 17 حَتَّى دَخَلْتُ مَقَادِسَ ٱللهِ، وَٱنْتَبَهْتُ إِلَى آخِرَتِهِمْ.

Until I entered into the sanctuary of God, and considered their end.

١٨ 18 حَقًّا فِي مَزَالِقَ جَعَلْتَهُمْ. أَسْقَطْتَهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَوَارِ.

Surely Thou settest them in slippery places; Thou hurlest them down to utter ruin.

١٩ 19 كَيْفَ صَارُوا لِلْخَرَابِ بَغْتَةً! ٱضْمَحَلُّوا، فَنُوا مِنَ ٱلدَّوَاهِي.

How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are wholly consumed by terrors.

٢٠ 20 كَحُلْمٍ عِنْدَ ٱلتَّيَقُّظِ يَارَبُّ، عِنْدَ ٱلتَّيَقُّظِ تَحْتَقِرُ خَيَالَهُمْ.

As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance.

٢١ 21 لِأَنَّهُ تَمَرْمَرَ قَلْبِي، وَٱنْتَخَسْتُ فِي كُلْيَتَيَّ.

For my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins.

٢٢ 22 وَأَنَا بَلِيدٌ وَلَا أَعْرِفُ. صِرْتُ كَبَهِيمٍ عِنْدَكَ.

But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee.

٢٣ 23 وَلَكِنِّي دَائِمًا مَعَكَ. أَمْسَكْتَ بِيَدِي ٱلْيُمْنَى.

Nevertheless I am continually with Thee; Thou holdest my right hand.

٢٤ 24 بِرَأْيِكَ تَهْدِينِي، وَبَعْدُ إِلَى مَجْدٍ تَأْخُذُنِي.

Thou wilt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me with glory.

٢٥ 25 مَنْ لِي فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ؟ وَمَعَكَ لَا أُرِيدُ شَيْئًا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ.

Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And beside Thee I desire none upon earth.

٢٦ 26 قَدْ فَنِيَ لَحْمِي وَقَلْبِي. صَخْرَةُ قَلْبِي وَنَصِيبِي ٱللهُ إِلَى ٱلدَّهْرِ.

My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.

٢٧ 27 لِأَنَّهُ هُوَذَا ٱلْبُعَدَاءُ عَنْكَ يَبِيدُونَ. تُهْلِكُ كُلَّ مَنْ يَزْنِي عَنْكَ.

For, lo, they that go far from Thee shall perish; Thou dost destroy all them that go astray from Thee.

٢٨ 28 أَمَّا أَنَا فَٱلِٱقْتِرَابُ إِلَى ٱللهِ حَسَنٌ لِي. جَعَلْتُ بِٱلسَّيِّدِ ٱلرَّبِّ مَلْجَإِي، لِأُخْبِرَ بِكُلِّ صَنَائِعِكَ.

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.