Psalms 139

يَا رَبُّ، قَدِ اخْتَبَرْتَنِي وَعَرَفْتَنِي.

O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.

أَنْتَ عَرَفْتَ جُلُوسِي وَقِيَامِي. فَهِمْتَ فِكْرِي مِنْ بَعِيدٍ.

Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

مَسْلَكِي وَمَرْبَضِي ذَرَّيْتَ، وَكُلَّ طُرُقِي عَرَفْتَ.

Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

لأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ كَلِمَةٌ فِي لِسَانِي، إِلاَّ وَأَنْتَ يَا رَبُّ عَرَفْتَهَا كُلَّهَا.

For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

مِنْ خَلْفٍ وَمِنْ قُدَّامٍ حَاصَرْتَنِي، وَجَعَلْتَ عَلَيَّ يَدَكَ.

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

عَجِيبَةٌ هذِهِ الْمَعْرِفَةُ، فَوْقِي ارْتَفَعَتْ، لاَ أَسْتَطِيعُهَا.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

أَيْنَ أَذْهَبُ مِنْ رُوحِكَ؟ وَمِنْ وَجْهِكَ أَيْنَ أَهْرُبُ؟

Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

إِنْ صَعِدْتُ إِلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ فَأَنْتَ هُنَاكَ، وَإِنْ فَرَشْتُ فِي الْهَاوِيَةِ فَهَا أَنْتَ.

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

إِنْ أَخَذْتُ جَنَاحَيِ الصُّبْحِ، وَسَكَنْتُ فِي أَقَاصِي الْبَحْرِ،

If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

فَهُنَاكَ أَيْضًا تَهْدِينِي يَدُكَ وَتُمْسِكُنِي يَمِينُكَ.

Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

فَقُلْتُ: «إِنَّمَا الظُّلْمَةُ تَغْشَانِي». فَاللَّيْلُ يُضِيءُ حَوْلِي!

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

الظُّلْمَةُ أَيْضًا لاَ تُظْلِمُ لَدَيْكَ، وَاللَّيْلُ مِثْلَ النَّهَارِ يُضِيءُ. كَالظُّلْمَةِ هكَذَا النُّورُ.

Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

لأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اقْتَنَيْتَ كُلْيَتَيَّ. نَسَجْتَنِي فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّي.

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

أَحْمَدُكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنِّي قَدِ امْتَزْتُ عَجَبًا. عَجِيبَةٌ هِيَ أَعْمَالُكَ، وَنَفْسِي تَعْرِفُ ذلِكَ يَقِينًا.

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

لَمْ تَخْتَفِ عَنْكَ عِظَامِي حِينَمَا صُنِعْتُ فِي الْخَفَاءِ، وَرُقِمْتُ فِي أَعْمَاقِ الأَرْضِ.

My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

رَأَتْ عَيْنَاكَ أَعْضَائِي، وَفِي سِفْرِكَ كُلُّهَا كُتِبَتْ يَوْمَ تَصَوَّرَتْ، إِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهَا.

Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

مَا أَكْرَمَ أَفْكَارَكَ يَا اَللهُ عِنْدِي! مَا أَكْثَرَ جُمْلَتَهَا!

How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

إِنْ أُحْصِهَا فَهِيَ أَكْثَرُ مِنَ الرَّمْلِ. اسْتَيْقَظْتُ وَأَنَا بَعْدُ مَعَكَ.

If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

لَيْتَكَ تَقْتُلُ الأَشْرَارَ يَا اَللهُ. فَيَا رِجَالَ الدِّمَاءِ، ابْعُدُوا عَنِّي.

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

الَّذِينَ يُكَلِّمُونَكَ بِالْمَكْرِ نَاطِقِينَ بِالْكَذِبِ، هُمْ أَعْدَاؤُكَ.

For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

أَلاَ أُبْغِضُ مُبْغِضِيكَ يَا رَبُّ، وَأَمْقُتُ مُقَاوِمِيكَ؟

Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

بُغْضًا تَامًّا أَبْغَضْتُهُمْ. صَارُوا لِي أَعْدَاءً.

I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

اخْتَبِرْنِي يَا اَللهُ وَاعْرِفْ قَلْبِي. امْتَحِنِّي وَاعْرِفْ أَفْكَارِي.

Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

وَانْظُرْ إِنْ كَانَ فِيَّ طَرِيقٌ بَاطِلٌ، وَاهْدِنِي طَرِيقًا أَبَدِيًّا.

And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.