المَزامِير 118

١ 1 اشْكُرُوا الرَّبَّ لأَنَّهُ صَالِحٌ، وَرَحْمَتَهُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ تَدُومُ.

Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

٢ 2 لِيَقُلْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ: إِنَّ رَحْمَتَهُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ تَدُومُ.

Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever.

٣ 3 لِيَقُلْ بَيْتُ هَرُونَ: إِنَّ رَحْمَتَهُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ تَدُومُ.

Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving kindness endures forever.

٤ 4 لِيَقُلْ خَائِفُو الرَّبِّ: إِنَّ رَحْمَتَهُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ تَدُومُ.

Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving kindness endures forever.

٥ 5 دَعَوْتُ الرَّبَّ فِي الضِّيقِ فَأَجَابَنِي وَفَرَّجَ عَنِّي.

Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom.

٦ 6 الرَّبُّ مَعِي فَلَا أَخَافُ. مَاذَا يَصْنَعُ بِي الْبَشَرُ؟

Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

٧ 7 الرَّبُّ مَعِي. هُوَ مُعِينٌ لِي. سَأَرَى هَزِيمَةَ أَعْدَائِي.

Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.

٨ 8 اللُّجُوءُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الاعْتِمَادِ عَلَى الْبَشَرِ.

It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.

٩ 9 اللُّجُوءُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الاعْتِمَادِ عَلَى الْعُظَمَاءِ.

It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in princes.

١٠ 10 حَاصَرَتْنِي جَمِيعُ الأُمَمِ، لَكِنِّي بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ أُبِيدُهُمْ.

All the nations surrounded me, but in Yahweh’s name I cut them off.

١١ 11 حَاصَرُونِي وَضَيَّقُوا عَلَيَّ، لَكِنِّي بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ أُبِيدُهُمْ.

They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In Yahweh’s name I indeed cut them off.

١٢ 12 حَاصَرُونِي كَالنَّحْلِ، (اشْتَعَلُوا) ثُمَّ انْطَفَأُوا كَنَارِ الشَّوْكِ. بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ أُبِيدُهُمْ.

They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In Yahweh’s name I cut them off.

١٣ 13 دُفِعْتُ بِعُنْفٍ كَيْ أَسْقُطَ، لَكِنَّ الرَّبَّ عَضَدَنِي.

You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh helped me.

١٤ 14 الرَّبُّ قُوَّتِي وَتَرْنِيمِي وَقَدْ صَارَ لِي خَلاصاً.

Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.

١٥ 15 صَوْتُ هُتَافِ النَّصْرِ وَالْخَلاصِ فِي مَسَاكِنِ الأَبْرَارِ. يَمِينُ الرَّبِّ مُقْتَدِرَةٌ فِي فِعْلِهَا.

The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. “The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.

١٦ 16 يَمِينُ الرَّبِّ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ. يَمِينُ الرَّبِّ مُقْتَدِرَةٌ فِي فِعْلِهَا.

The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!”

١٧ 17 لَا أَمُوتُ بَلْ أَحْيَا وَأُذِيعُ أَعْمَالَ الرَّبِّ.

I will not die, but live, and declare Yah’s works.

١٨ 18 تَأْدِيباً أَدَّبَنِي الرَّبُّ، وَإِلَى الْمَوْتِ لَمْ يُسْلِمْنِي.

Yah has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death.

١٩ 19 افْتَحُوا لِي أَبْوَابَ الْبِرِّ، فَأَدْخُلَ فِيهَا، وَأَشْكُرَ الرَّبَّ.

Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah.

٢٠ 20 هَذَا البَابُ هُوَ مَدْخَلُ الأَبْرَارِ إِلَى مَحْضَرِ الرَّبِّ.

This is the gate of Yahweh; the righteous will enter into it.

٢١ 21 أَشْكُرُكَ لأَنَّكَ اسْتَجَبْتَ لِي وَصِرْتَ لِي مُخَلِّصاً.

I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation.

٢٢ 22 الْحَجَرُ الَّذِي رَفَضَهُ الْبَنَّاؤُونَ قَدْ صَارَ رَأَسَ الزَّاوِيَةِ.

The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

٢٣ 23 مِنْ لَدَى الرَّبِّ كَانَ هَذَا، وَهُوَ مُدْهِشٌ فِي أَعْيُنِنَا.

This is Yahweh’s doing. It is marvelous in our eyes.

٢٤ 24 هَذَا هُوَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي أَعَدَّهُ الرَّبُّ، فِيهِ نَبْتَهِجُ وَنَفْرَحُ.

This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!

٢٥ 25 آهِ يَا رَبُّ خَلِّصْ. يَا رَبُّ اكْفُلْ لَنَا النَّجَاحَ.

Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh! Yahweh, we beg you, send prosperity now.

٢٦ 26 مُبَارَكٌ الآتِي بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ. بَارَكْنَاكُمْ مِنْ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ.

Blessed is he who comes in Yahweh’s name! We have blessed you out of Yahweh’s house.

٢٧ 27 الرَّبُّ هُوَ اللهُ وَبِنُورِهِ أَضَاءَ لَنَا. ارْبِطُوا الذَّبِيحَةَ بِحِبَالٍ إِلَى زَوَايَا الْمَذْبَحِ.

Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.

٢٨ 28 إِلَهِي أَنْتَ، وَإِيَّاكَ أَشْكُرُ. إِلَهِي أَنْتَ وَإِيَّاكَ أُعَظِّمُ.

You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you.

٢٩ 29 اشْكُرُوا الرَّبَّ لأَنَّهُ صَالِحٌ، وَرَحْمَتَهُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ تَدُومُ.

Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.