اَلْمَزَامِيرُ 94

١ 1 يَا إِلَهَ ٱلنَّقَمَاتِ يَارَبُّ، يَا إِلَهَ ٱلنَّقَمَاتِ، أَشْرِقِ.

A Psalm of David himself. The Fourth Sabbath. The Lord is the God of retribution. The God of retribution acts in order to deliver.

٢ 2 ٱرْتَفِعْ يَا دَيَّانَ ٱلْأَرْضِ. جَازِ صَنِيعَ ٱلْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَ.

Lift yourself up, for you judge the earth. Repay the arrogant with retribution.

٣ 3 حَتَّى مَتَى ٱلْخُطَاةُ يَارَبُّ، حَتَّى مَتَى ٱلْخُطَاةُ يَشْمَتُونَ؟

How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners glory?

٤ 4 يُبِقُّونَ، يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِوَقَاحَةٍ. كُلُّ فَاعِلِي ٱلْإِثْمِ يَفْتَخِرُونَ.

How long will they utter and speak iniquity? How long will all who work injustice speak out?

٥ 5 يَسْحَقُونَ شَعْبَكَ يَارَبُّ، وَيُذِلُّونَ مِيرَاثَكَ.

They have humiliated your people, O Lord, and they have harassed your inheritance.

٦ 6 يَقْتُلُونَ ٱلْأَرْمَلَةَ وَٱلْغَرِيبَ، وَيُمِيتُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ.

They have executed the widow and the new arrival, and they have slaughtered the orphan.

٧ 7 وَيَقُولُونَ: «ٱلرَّبُّ لَا يُبْصِرُ، وَإِلَهُ يَعْقُوبَ لَا يُلَاحِظُ».

And they have said, “The Lord will not see, nor will the God of Jacob understand.”

٨ 8 اِفْهَمُوا أَيُّهَا ٱلْبُلَدَاءُ فِي ٱلشَّعْبِ، وَيَا جُهَلَاءُ مَتَى تَعْقِلُونَ؟

Understand, you senseless ones among the people. And be wise at last, you foolish ones.

٩ 9 ٱلْغَارِسُ ٱلْأُذُنِ أَلَا يَسْمَعُ؟ ٱلصَّانِعُ ٱلْعَيْنَ أَلَا يُبْصِرُ؟

He who formed the ear, will he not hear? And he who forged the eye, does he not look closely?

١٠ 10 ٱلْمُؤَدِّبُ ٱلْأُمَمَ أَلَا يُبَكِّتُ؟ ٱلْمُعَلِّمُ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ مَعْرِفَةً.

He who chastises nations, he who teaches man knowledge, will he not rebuke?

١١ 11 ٱلرَّبُّ يَعْرِفُ أَفْكَارَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ أَنَّهَا بَاطِلَةٌ.

The Lord knows the thoughts of men: that these are in vain.

١٢ 12 طُوبَى لِلرَّجُلِ ٱلَّذِي تُؤَدِّبُهُ يَارَبُّ، وَتُعَلِّمُهُ مِنْ شَرِيعَتِكَ

Blessed is the man whom you will instruct, O Lord. And you will teach him from your law.

١٣ 13 لِتُرِيحَهُ مِنْ أَيَّامِ ٱلشَّرِّ، حَتَّى تُحْفَرَ لِلشِّرِّيرِ حُفْرَةٌ.

So may you soothe him from the evil days, until a pit may be dug for sinners.

١٤ 14 لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ لَا يَرْفُضُ شَعْبَهُ، وَلَا يَتْرُكُ مِيرَاثَهُ.

For the Lord will not drive away his people, and he will not abandon his inheritance,

١٥ 15 لِأَنَّهُ إِلَى ٱلْعَدْلِ يَرْجِعُ ٱلْقَضَاءُ، وَعَلَى أَثَرِهِ كُلُّ مُسْتَقِيمِي ٱلْقُلُوبِ.

even until the time when justice is being converted into judgment, and when those who are close to justice are all those who are upright of heart.

١٦ 16 مَنْ يَقُومُ لِي عَلَى ٱلْمُسِيئِينَ؟ مَنْ يَقِفُ لِي ضِدَّ فَعَلَةِ ٱلْإِثْمِ؟

Who will rise up with me against the malignant? Or who will stand with me against the workers of iniquity?

١٧ 17 لَوْلَا أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ مُعِينِي، لَسَكَنَتْ نَفْسِي سَرِيعًا أَرْضَ ٱلسُّكُوتِ.

Except that the Lord assisted me, my soul almost would have dwelt in Hell. (questioned)

١٨ 18 إِذْ قُلْتُ: «قَدْ زَلَّتْ قَدَمِي» فَرَحْمَتُكَ يَارَبُّ تَعْضُدُنِي.

If ever I said, “My foot is slipping,” then your mercy, O Lord, assisted me.

١٩ 19 عِنْدَ كَثْرَةِ هُمُومِي فِي دَاخِلِي، تَعْزِيَاتُكَ تُلَذِّذُ نَفْسِي.

According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, your consolations have given joy to my soul.

٢٠ 20 هَلْ يُعَاهِدُكَ كُرْسِيُّ ٱلْمَفَاسِدِ، ٱلْمُخْتَلِقُ إِثْمًا عَلَى فَرِيضَةٍ؟

Does the seat of iniquity adhere to you, you who contrive hardship within a commandment?

٢١ 21 يَزْدَحِمُونَ عَلَى نَفْسِ ٱلصِّدِّيقِ، وَيَحْكُمُونَ عَلَى دَمٍ زَكِيٍّ.

They will hunt down the soul of the just, and they will condemn innocent blood.

٢٢ 22 فَكَانَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِي صَرْحًا، وَإِلَهِي صَخْرَةَ مَلْجَإِي.

And the Lord has been made into a refuge for me, and my God into the assistance of my hope.

٢٣ 23 وَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ إِثْمَهُمْ، وَبِشَرِّهِمْ يُفْنِيهِمْ. يُفْنِيهِمُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا.

And he will repay them their iniquity, and he will destroy them in their malice. The Lord our God will utterly destroy them.