¹Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.

¹لداود‎. ‎خاصم يا رب مخاصمي. قاتل مقاتليّ‎.

²Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.

²‎امسك مجنا وترسا وانهض الى معونتي

³Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, “I am your salvation.”

³واشرع رمحا وصد تلقاء مطارديّ. قل لنفسي خلاصك انا‏‎.

⁴Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.

⁴‎ليخز وليخجل الذين يطلبون نفسي. ليرتد الى الوراء ويخجل المتفكرون باساءتي‎.

⁵Let them be as chaff before the wind, Yahweh’s angel driving them on.

⁵‎ليكونوا مثل العصافة قدام الريح وملاك الرب داحرهم‎.

⁶Let their way be dark and slippery, Yahweh’s angel pursuing them.

⁶‎ليكن طريقهم ظلاما وزلقا وملاك الرب طاردهم‎.

⁷For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.

⁷‎لانهم بلا سبب اخفوا لي هوّة شبكتهم. بلا سبب حفروا لنفسي‎.

⁸Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.

⁸‎لتأته التهلكة وهو لا يعلم ولتنشب به الشبكة التي اخفاها وفي التهلكة نفسها ليقع‎.

⁹My soul shall be joyful in Yahweh. It shall rejoice in his salvation.

⁹‎اما نفسي فتفرح بالرب وتبتهج بخلاصه‎.

¹⁰All my bones shall say, “Yahweh, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”

¹⁰‎جميع عظامي تقول يا رب من مثلك المنقذ المسكين ممن هو اقوى منه والفقير والبائس من سالبه

¹¹Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.

¹¹شهود زور يقومون وعما لم اعلم يسألونني‎.

¹²They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.

¹²‎يجازونني عن الخير شرا ثكلا لنفسي‎.

¹³But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.

¹³‎اما انا ففي مرضهم كان لباسي مسحا. اذللت بالصوم نفسي. وصلاتي الى حضني ترجع‎.

¹⁴I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.

¹⁴‎كانه قريب كانه اخي كنت اتمشى. كمن ينوح على امه انحنيت حزينا‎.

¹⁵But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. They tore at me, and didn’t cease.

¹⁵‎ولكنهم في ظلعي فرحوا واجتمعوا. اجتمعوا عليّ شاتمين ولم اعلم. مزّقوا ولم يكفوا‎.

¹⁶Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.

¹⁶‎بين الفجار المجّان لاجل كعكة حرّقوا عليّ اسنانهم

¹⁷Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.

¹⁷يا رب الى متى تنظر. استرد نفسي من تهلكاتهم وحيدتي من الاشبال‎.

¹⁸I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.

¹⁸‎احمدك في الجماعة الكثيرة في شعب عظيم اسبحك‎.

¹⁹Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.

¹⁹‎لا يشمت بي الذين هم اعدائي باطلا ولا يتغامز بالعين الذين يبغضونني بلا سبب‎.

²⁰For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

²⁰‎لانهم لا يتكلمون بالسلام وعلى الهادئين في الارض يفتكرون بكلام مكر‎.

²¹Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!”

²¹‎فغروا عليّ افواههم. قالوا هه هه قد رأت اعيننا‎.

²²You have seen it, Yahweh. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.

²²‎قد رأيت يا رب. لا تسكت يا سيد لا تبتعد عني‎.

²³Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!

²³‎استيقظ وانتبه الى حكمي يا الهي وسيدي الى دعواي‎.

²⁴Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me.

²⁴‎اقض لي حسب عدلك يا رب الهي فلا يشمتوا بي‎.

²⁵Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!” Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”

²⁵‎لا يقولوا في قلوبهم هه شهوتنا. لا يقولوا قد ابتلعناه‎.

²⁶Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.

²⁶‎ليخز وليخجل معا الفرحون بمصيبتي. ليلبس الخزي والخجل المتعظمون عليّ

²⁷Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause. Yes, let them say continually, “Yahweh be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”

²⁷ليهتف ويفرح المبتغون حقي وليقولوا دائما ليتعظم الرب المسرور بسلامة عبده‎.

²⁸‎ولساني يلهج بعدلك. اليوم كله بحمدك