| 1 يَا رَبُّ، لِمَاذَا تَقِفُ بَعِيدًا؟ لِمَاذَا تَخْتَفِي فِي أَزْمِنَةِ الضِّيقِ؟ | 1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? |
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| 2 فِي كِبْرِيَاءِ الشِّرِّيرِ يَحْتَرِقُ الْمِسْكِينُ. يُؤْخَذُونَ بِالْمُؤَامَرَةِ الَّتِي فَكَّرُوا بِهَا. | 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. |
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| 3 لأَنَّ الشِّرِّيرَ يَفْتَخِرُ بِشَهَوَاتِ نَفْسِهِ، وَالْخَاطِفُ يُجَدِّفُ. يُهِينُ الرَّبَّ. | 3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. |
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| 4 الشِّرِّيرُ حَسَبَ تَشَامُخِ أَنْفِهِ يَقُولُ: «لاَ يُطَالِبُ». كُلُّ أَفْكَارِهِ أَنَّهُ لاَ إِلهَ. | 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. |
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| 5 تَثْبُتُ سُبْلُهُ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ. عَالِيَةٌ أَحْكَامُكَ فَوْقَهُ. كُلُّ أَعْدَائِهِ يَنْفُثُ فِيهِمْ. | 5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. |
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| 6 قَالَ فِي قَلْبِهِ: «لاَ أَتَزَعْزَعُ. مِنْ دَوْرٍ إِلَى دَوْرٍ بِلاَ سُوءٍ». | 6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. |
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| 7 فَمُهُ مَمْلُوءٌ لَعْنَةً وَغِشًّا وَظُلْمًا. تَحْتَ لِسَانِهِ مَشَقَّةٌ وَإِثْمٌ. | 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. |
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| 8 يَجْلِسُ فِي مَكْمَنِ الدِّيَارِ، فِي الْمُخْتَفَيَاتِ يَقْتُلُ الْبَرِيَّ. عَيْنَاهُ تُرَاقِبَانِ الْمِسْكِينَ. | 8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. |
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| 9 يَكْمُنُ فِي الْمُخْتَفَى كَأَسَدٍ فِي عِرِّيسِهِ. يَكْمُنُ لِيَخْطَفَ الْمِسْكِينَ. يَخْطَفُ الْمِسْكِينَ بِجَذْبِهِ فِي شَبَكَتِهِ، | 9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. |
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10 فَتَنْسَحِقُ وَتَنْحَنِي وَتَسْقُطُ الْمَسَاكِينُ بِبَرَاثِنِهِ.  | 10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. |
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| 11 قَالَ فِي قَلْبِهِ: «إِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ نَسِيَ. حَجَبَ وَجْهَهُ. لاَ يَرَى إِلَى الأَبَدِ». | 11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. |
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| 12 قُمْ يَا رَبُّ. يَا اَللهُ ارْفَعْ يَدَكَ. لاَ تَنْسَ الْمَسَاكِينَ. | 12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. |
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| 13 لِمَاذَا أَهَانَ الشِّرِّيرُ اللهَ؟ لِمَاذَا قَالَ فِي قَلْبِهِ: «لاَ تُطَالِبُ»؟ | 13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. |
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| 14 قَدْ رَأَيْتَ. لأَنَّكَ تُبْصِرُ الْمَشَقَّةَ وَالْغَمَّ لِتُجَازِيَ بِيَدِكَ. إِلَيْكَ يُسَلِّمُ الْمِسْكِينُ أَمْرَهُ. أَنْتَ صِرْتَ مُعِينَ الْيَتِيمِ. | 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. |
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| 15 اِحْطِمْ ذِرَاعَ الْفَاجِرِ. وَالشِّرِّيرُ تَطْلُبُ شَرَّهُ وَلاَ تَجِدُهُ. | 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none. |
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| 16 الرَّبُّ مَلِكٌ إِلَى الدَّهْرِ وَالأَبَدِ. بَادَتِ الأُمَمُ مِنْ أَرْضِهِ. | 16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. |
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| 17 تَأَوُّهَ الْوُدَعَاءِ قَدْ سَمِعْتَ يَا رَبُّ. تُثَبِّتُ قُلُوبَهُمْ. تُمِيلُ أُذُنَكَ | 17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: |
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| 18 لِحَقِّ الْيَتِيمِ وَالْمُنْسَحِقِ، لِكَيْ لاَ يَعُودَ أَيْضًا يَرْعَبُهُمْ إِنْسَانٌ مِنَ الأَرْضِ. | 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. |
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