Psalms 10

1 Why do you stand, Lord, so far away, hiding yourself in times of trouble?

١ رَبُّ، لِمَاذَا تَقِفُ بَعِيداً وَتَحْتَجِبُ فِي أَزْمِنَةِ الضِّيقِ؟

2 The wicked, in their pride, are pursuing the helpless: let them be caught in the schemes they have plotted.

٢ الشِّرِّيرُ، بِعَجْرَفَةٍ، يَجِدُّ فِي تَعَقُّبِ الْمِسْكِينِ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ الأَشْرَارَ يَسْقُطُونَ فِي مُؤَامَرَتِهِمِ الَّتِي فَكَّرُوا فِيهَا.

3 For the wicked boasts of their wanton greed; the robber despises the Lord, and curses him,

٣ الشِّرِّيرُ يَفْتَخِرُ بِشَهَوَاتِ نَفْسِهِ، وَالرَّجُلُ الطَّمَّاعُ يَلْعَنُ وَيُجَدِّفُ عَلَى اللهِ.

4 in wicked pride, thinks: God doesn’t care, God doesn’t call to account.

٤ فِي تَكَبُّرِهِ وَتَشَامُخِهِ لاَ يَلْتَمِسُ اللهَ، وَلاَ مَكَانَ لِلهِ فِي أَفْكَارِهِ كُلِّهَا،

5 Never a season that they do not prosper; your judgments are far above out of their sight: they scoff at their foes.

٥ وَمَعْ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ مَسَاعِيَهُ تَبْدُو نَاجِحَةً، وَيَسْتَخِفُّ بِجَمِيعِ أَعْدَائِهِ. وَلَكِنَّ أَحْكَامَكَ عَالِيَةٌ أَسْمَى مِنْهُ

6 Each says in their heart, ‘I will never be shaken; I will live for all time untouched by misfortune.’

٦ قَالَ فِي نَفْسِهِ: «لَنْ يُزَحْزِحَنِي شَيْءٌ، وَلَنْ يَنَالَنِي مَكْرُوهٌ قَطُّ».

7 Their mouths are full of deceit and oppression: under their tongues lurks mischief and wrong.

٧ فَمُهُ مَمْلُوءٌ لَعْنَةً وَغِشّاً وَظُلْماً. تَحْتَ لِسَانِهِ الأَذَى وَالإِثْمُ.

8 Lying in secret in some village ambush, and stealthily watching, they murder the innocent.

٨ يَتَرَبَّصُ فِي كَمَائِنِ الدِّيَارِ لِيَقْتُلَ الْبَرِيءَ. عَيْنَاهُ تَتَرَصَّدَانِ الْمِسْكِينَ.

9 Like a lion that lurks in a secret lair they lurk intending to catch the defenceless; to seize them, to drag them away in their net.

٩ يَكْمُنُ فِي الْخَفَاءِ، كَأَسَدٍ فِي عَرِينِهِ لِيَخْطَفَ الْمِسْكِينَ وَيَجُرَّهُ فِي شَبَكَتِهِ.

10 Their victims are crushed, sink down to the ground. Under their claws the hapless fall.

١٠ يَسْحَقُ الْمَسَاكِينَ وَيَدُوسُهُمْ حِينَ يَسْقُطُونَ بَيْنَ مَخَالِبِهِ الْقَوِيَّةِ.

11 The wicked say in their hearts that God has forgotten, has hidden his face, will see nothing.

١١ يَقُولُ فِي قَلْبِهِ: اللهُ غَافِلٌ. قَدْ حَجَبَ وَجْهَهُ، وَلَنْ يَرَى مَا يَجْرِي

12 Arise, Lord, lift up your hand, do not forget the cry of the wretched.

١٢ قُمْ يَارَبُّ، ارْفَعْ يَدَكَ يَااللهُ، لاَ تَنْسَ الْمَسَاكِينَ.

13 Why do the wicked treat God with contempt, and say in their hearts, ‘God doesn’t care’?

١٣ لِمَاذَا يَسْتَهِينُ الشِّرِّيرُ بِاللهِ قَائِلاً فِي قَلْبِهِ: إِنَّكَ لاَ تُحَاسِبُهُ؟

14 You have seen the trouble and sorrow; you mark it all, and will take it in hand. The hapless can count on you, helper of orphans.

١٤ وَلَكِنَّكَ قَدْ رَأَيْتَ. عَايَنْتَ مَا أَصَابَ الْمَسَاكِينَ مِنَ الْمَشَقَّةِ وَالْغَمِّ، فَتُجَازِي الشِّرِّيرَ بِيَدِكَ. يُسَلِّمُ إِلَيْكَ الْمِسْكِينُ أَمْرَهُ، فَأَنْتَ دَائِماً مُعِينُ الْيَتِيمِ.

15 Break the arm of the wicked and evil: search out their sin, till no more be found.

١٥ حَطِّمْ ذِرَاعَ الشِّرِّيرِ وَالْفَاجِرِ. حَاسِبْهُ عَلَى شَرِّهِ، حَتَّى لاَ تَجِدَهُ.

16 The Lord is king forever and ever: the nations will vanish from his land.

١٦ الرَّبُّ مَلِكٌ إِلَى أَبَدِ الدُّهُورِ، قَدْ بَادَتْ مِنْ أَرْضِهِ الأُمَمُ (الَّتِي تَعْبُدُ آلِهَةً سِوَاهُ)

17 Lord, you have heard the desire of the humble, inclining your ear, strengthening their hearts,

١٧ أَنْتَ يَارَبُّ تَسْتَجِيبُ طِلْبَةَ الْوُدَعَاءِ، تُشَدِّدُ قُلُوبَهُمْ إِذْ تُصْغِي (إِلَى تَأَوُّهَاتِهِمْ).

18 rights you have won for the crushed and the orphan, so no one on earth may strike terror again.

١٨ تُنْصِفُ الْيَتِيمَ وَالْمَقْهُورَ، فَلاَ يَعُودُ إِنْسَانٌ فِي الأَرْضِ يُرْعِبُهُمْ.