Human Wickedness
(Psalm 14)1 Fools say to themselves,
“There is no God.”
They are all corrupt,
and they have done terrible things;
there is no one who does what is right.
2 God looks down from heaven at people
to see if there are any who are wise,
any who worship him.
3 But they have all turned away;
they are all equally bad.
Not one of them does what is right,
not a single one.
4 “Don't they know?” God asks.
“Are these evildoers ignorant?
They live by robbing my people,
and they never pray to me.”
5 But then they will become terrified,
as they have never been before,
for God will scatter the bones of the enemies of his people.
God has rejected them,
and so Israel will totally defeat them.
6 How I pray that victory
will come to Israel from Zion.
How happy the people of Israel will be
when God makes them prosperous again!
المؤمنون وسط عالم فاسد
1 لِكبـيرِ المُغَنِّينَ على العودِ. نشيدٌ لِداوَدَ:
2 قالَ الجاهلُ في قلبِهِ: «لا إلهَ».
فَسَدوا ورَجَسوا بِـجَورِهِم،
وما مِنْ أحدٍ يعمَلُ الخَيرَ.
3 اللهُ مِنَ السَّماءِ يُشرِفُ على البشَرِ
لِـيرى هل مِنْ عاقِلٍ يطلبُ اللهَ.
4 ارتدُّوا كُلُّهُم وفَسَدوا جميعا
وما مِنْ أحدٍ يعمَلُ الخَيرَ،
كلاَّ، ولا واحدٌ.
5 ألا يفهَمُ الّذينَ يفعَلونَ الإثْمَ
ويأكُلونَ شعبـي كما يُؤكَلُ الخبزُ،
وباللهِ لا يعتَرِفونَ؟
6 ليتَ الرُّعبَ حيثُ لا رُعبٌ يستولي علَيهِم،
لأنَّ اللهَ يُفَتِّتُ عِظامَ الخائِنينَ
وهُم يُخزَونَ لأنَّ اللهَ رَفَضَهُم.
7 ليتَ مِنْ صِهيَونَ خلاصَ إِسرائيلَ.
حينَ يَرُدُّ اللهُ شعبَهُ مِنَ السَّبـيِ
يـبتَهِـجُ يعقوبُ، يفرَحُ إِسرائيلُ.