(A song for worship.)
A Prayer for Protection
1 Since the time I was young,
enemies have often attacked!
Let everyone in Israel say:
2 “Since the time I was young,
enemies have often attacked!
But they have not defeated me,
3 though my back is like a field
that has just been plowed.”
4 The Lord always does right,
and he has set me free
from the ropes
of those cruel people.
5 I pray that all who hate
the city of Zion
will be made ashamed
and forced to turn and run.
6 May they be like grass
on the flat roof of a house,
grass that dries up
as soon as it sprouts.
7 Don't let them be like wheat
gathered in bundles.
8 And don't let anyone
who passes by say to them,
“The Lord bless you!
I give you my blessing
in the name of the Lord.”
الخزي لأعدائنا
1 نشيدُ الحُجَّاجِ:
قُلْ يا إِسرائيلُ كم ضايقوكَ مُنذُ نَشْأتِكَ؟
2 «ضايقوني كثيرا مُنذُ نَشْأتي، وما قدِروا عليَّ.
3 على ظَهري حَرَثَ الحارِثونَ وطَوَّلوا أتلامَهُم.
4 الرّبُّ صالحٌ. قَطَعَ قُيودَ الأشرارِ».
5 الخِزْيُ والهزيمةُ لكُلِّ الّذينَ يُبغِضونَ صِهيَونَ.
6 يكونونَ كعُشْبِ السُّطوحِ الّذي يَيـبسُ قَبلَ أنْ ينمو،
7 فلا يَملأُ الحاصِدُ كَفَّهُ مِنهُ ولا حازِمُ الحُزَمِ حِضْنَهُ،
8 ولا يقولُ العابرونَ لهُم:
«بَرَكَةُ الرّبِّ علَيكُم نُبارِكُكُم باسمِ الرّبِّ».
