المَزامِير 33

١ 1 سَبِّحُوا الرَّبَّ أَيُّهَا الأَبْرَارُ، فَإِنَّ الْحَمْدَ يَلِيقُ بِالْمُسْتَقِيمِينَ.

Shout for joy in the Lord, you righteous: praise for the upright is seemly.

٢ 2 اشْكُرُوا الرَّبَّ عَلَى الْعُودِ، رَنِّمُوا لَهُ بِرَبَابَةٍ ذَاتِ عَشَرَةِ أَوْتَارٍ.

Give thanks to the Lord on the lyre, play to him on a ten-stringed harp.

٣ 3 اعْزِفُوا أَمْهَرَ عَزْفٍ مَعَ الْهُتَافِ، رَنِّمُوا لَهُ تَرْنِيمَةً جَدِيدَةً.

Sing to him a new song, play skilfully and shout merrily.

٤ 4 فَإِنَّ كَلِمَةَ الرَّبِّ مُسْتَقِيمَةٌ وَهُوَ يَصْنَعُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ بِالأَمَانَةِ.

For the Lord is straight in his promise; and all that he does is in faithfulness.

٥ 5 يُحِبُّ الْبِرَّ وَالْعَدْلَ. وَرَحْمَتُهُ تَغْمُرُ الأَرْضَ.

Justice and right he loves; the earth is full of his kindness.

٦ 6 بِكَلِمَةٍ مِنَ الرَّبِّ صُنِعَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَبِنَسْمَةِ فَمِهِ كُلُّ مَجْمُوعَاتِ الْكَوَاكِبِ.

By his word the heavens were made, all their host by the breath of his mouth.

٧ 7 يَجْمَعُ الْبِحَارَ كَكَوْمَةٍ وَالْلُّجَجَ فِي أَهْرَاءٍ.

He gathers the sea in a bottle, the ocean he puts into store-houses.

٨ 8 لِتَخَفِ الرَّبَّ الأَرْضُ كُلُّهَا، وَلْيُوَقِّرْهُ جَمِيعُ سُكَّانِ الْعَالَمِ.

Let the whole world honour the Lord, let all who live on earth be in awe.

٩ 9 قَالَ كَلِمَةً فَكَانَ. وَأَمَرَ فَصَارَ!

For at his word it came into being, at his command it stood forth.

١٠ 10 الرَّبُّ أَحْبَطَ مُؤَامَرَةَ الأُمَمِ. أَبْطَلَ أَفْكَارَ الشُّعُوبِ.

The Lord frustrates the designs of the nations, what the peoples have purposed, he brings to nought,

١١ 11 أَمَّا مَقَاصِدُ الرَّبِّ فَتَثْبُتُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، وَأَفْكَارُ قَلْبِهِ تَدُومُ مَدَى الدُّهُورِ.

but the Lord’s own design will stand forever, and what his heart has purposed, through all generations.

١٢ 12 طُوبَى لِلأُمَّةِ الَّتِي الرَّبُّ إِلَهُهَا، وَلِلشَّعْبِ الَّذِي اخْتَارَهُ مِيرَاثاً لَهُ:

Happy the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for himself as his own.

١٣ 13 يَنْظُرُ الرَّبُّ مِنَ السَّماوَاتِ فَيَرَى بَنِي الْبَشَرِ أَجْمَعِينَ.

The Lord looks down from heaven, he sees all of humanity;

١٤ 14 وَمِنْ مَقَامِ سُكْنَاهُ يُرَاقِبُ جَمِيعَ سُكَّانِ الأَرْضِ.

from where he rules he gazes on all who inhabit the earth.

١٥ 15 فَهُوَ جَابِلُ قُلُوبِهِمْ جَمِيعاً وَالْعَلِيمُ بِكُلِّ أَعْمَالِهِمْ.

He fashions the hearts of them all, and gives heed to all that they do.

١٦ 16 لاَ يَخْلُصُ الْمَلِكُ بِالْجَيْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، وَلاَ الْجَبَّارُ بِشِدَّةِ الْقُوَّةِ.

It is not by great armies that kings are victorious, it is not by great strength that a warrior saves himself;

١٧ 17 بَاطِلاً يَرْجُو النَّصْرَ مَنْ يَتَّكِلُ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ، فَإِنَّهَا لاَ تُنَجِّي رَغْمَ قُوَّتِهَا.

false hope is the war-horse to usher in victory, for all its great might it can provide no escape.

١٨ 18 هُوَذَا عَيْنُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى خَائِفِيهِ، الْمُتَّكِلِينَ عَلَى رَحْمَتِهِ،

See! The eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his kindness;

١٩ 19 لِيُنْقِذَ نُفُوسَهُمْ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ وَيَسْتَحْيِيَهُمْ فِي الْمَجَاعَةِ.

to deliver their life from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

٢٠ 20 أَنْفُسُنَا تَنَتَظِرُ الرَّبَّ. عَوْنُنَا وَتُرْسُنَا هُوَ.

We wait for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.

٢١ 21 بِهِ تَفْرَحُ قُلُوبُنَا، لأَنَّنَا عَلَى اسْمِهِ الْقُدُّوسِ تَوَكَّلْنَا.

For in him our heart is glad, we trust in his holy name.

٢٢ 22 لِتَكُنْ يَارَبُّ رَحْمَتُكَ عَلَيْنَا بِمُقْتَضَى رَجَائِنَا فِيكَ.

Let your kindness, O Lord, be upon us, as is our hope in you.