A Song of Praise
1 Come, let us praise the Lord!
Let us sing for joy to God, who protects us!
2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and sing joyful songs of praise.
3 For the Lord is a mighty God,
a mighty king over all the gods.
4 He rules over the whole earth,
from the deepest caves to the highest hills.
5 He rules over the sea, which he made;
the land also, which he himself formed.
6 Come, let us bow down and worship him;
let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
7 He is our God;
we are the people he cares for,
the flock for which he provides.
Listen today to what he says:
8 “Don't be stubborn, as your ancestors were at Meribah,
as they were that day in the desert at Massah.
9 There they put me to the test and tried me,
although they had seen what I did for them.
10 For forty years I was disgusted with those people.
I said, ‘How disloyal they are!
They refuse to obey my commands.’
11 I was angry and made a solemn promise:
‘You will never enter the land
where I would have given you rest.’”
رنّموا للرب
1 تعالَوا نُرَنِّمُ للرّبِّ
ونهتِفُ للخالِقِ مُخلِّصِنا
2 نَتقَدَّمُ أمامَهُ بالحَمدِ،
ونهتِفُ لَه بالتَّراتيلِ،
3 لأِنَّ الرّبَّ إلهٌ عظيمٌ
ومَلِكٌ عظيمٌ على جميعِ الآلهةِ.
4 بِيَدِهِ أعماقُ الأرضِ،
ولَه أعالي الجِبالِ.
5 لَه البحرُ وهوَ صنَعَهُ،
ويَداهُ صَوَّرتا اليابِسةَ.
6 تعالَوا نسجُدُ ونركعُ لهُ
ونَنحَني أمامَ الرّبِّ خالِقِنا.
7 هوَ إلهُنا ونَحنُ شعبُهُ،
رعيَّتُهُ الّتي يرعاها بِيَدِهِ.
إسمَعوا اليومَ صوتَهُ يقولُ:
8 «لا تُقَسُّوا قُلوبَكُم كما عِندَ مرِيـبةَ،
كما في ذلِكَ اليومِ عِندَ مَسَّةَ في البرِّيَّةِ،
9 حيثُ جَرَّبني آباؤُكُم وامْتَحنوني
معَ أنَّهُم شاهدوا أفعالي.
10 أربعينَ سنَةً أبغَضتُ فيها
ذلِكَ الجيلَ وقُلتُ فيهِم:
هُم شعبٌ قُلوبُهُم في ضلالٍ،
وهُمْ لا يعرِفون طُرُقي،
11 حتّى أقسَمْتُ في غضَبـي
أن لَن يَدخُلوا دياري».