Psalms 73
1 A Psalm for Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to the upright in heart!
| מזמור לאסף אך טוב לישראל אלהים לברי לבב׃ |
2 But my feet were almost overthrown; my goings very nearly slipped.
| ואני כמעט נטוי רגלי כאין שפכה אשרי׃ |
3 For I was jealous of the transgressors, beholding the tranquillity of sinners.
| כי קנאתי בהוללים שלום רשעים אראה׃ |
4 For there is no sign of reluctance in their death: and [they have] firmness under their affliction.
| כי אין חרצבות למותם ובריא אולם׃ |
5 They are not in the troubles of [other] men; and they shall not be scourged with [other] men.
| בעמל אנוש אינמו ועם אדם לא ינגעו׃ |
6 Therefore pride has possessed them; they have clothed themselves with their injustice and ungodliness.
| לכן ענקתמו גאוה יעטף שית חמס למו׃ |
7 Their injustice shall go forth as out of fatness: they have fulfilled their intention.
| יצא מחלב עינמו עברו משכיות לבב׃ |
8 They have taken counsel and spoken in wickedness: they have uttered unrighteousness loftily.
| ימיקו וידברו ברע עשק ממרום ידברו׃ |
9 They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has gone through upon the earth.
| שתו בשמים פיהם ולשונם תהלך בארץ׃ |
10 Therefore shall my people return hither: and full days shall be found with them.
| לכן ישיב עמו הלם ומי מלא ימצו למו׃ |
11 And they said, How does God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?
| ואמרו איכה ידע אל ויש דעה בעליון׃ |
12 Behold, these [are] the sinners, and they that prosper always: they have possessed wealth.
| הנה אלה רשעים ושלוי עולם השגו חיל׃ |
13 And I said, Verily in vain have I justified my heart, and washed my hands in innocency.
| אך ריק זכיתי לבבי וארחץ בנקיון כפי׃ |
14 For I was plagued all the day, and my reproof [was] every morning.
| ואהי נגוע כל היום ותוכחתי לבקרים׃ |
15 If I said, I will speak thus; behold, I [should] have broken covenant with the generation of your children.
| אם אמרתי אספרה כמו הנה דור בניך בגדתי׃ |
16 And I undertook to understand this, [but] it is too hard for me,
| ואחשבה לדעת זאת עמל היא בעיני׃ |
17 until I go into the sanctuary of God; [and so] understand the latter end.
| עד אבוא אל מקדשי אל אבינה לאחריתם׃ |
18 Surely you have appointed [judgements] to them because of their crafty dealings: you have cast them down when they were lifted up.
| אך בחלקות תשית למו הפלתם למשואות׃ |
19 How have they become desolate! suddenly they have failed: they have perished because of their iniquity.
| איך היו לשמה כרגע ספו תמו מן בלהות׃ |
20 As the dream of one awakening, O Lord, in your city you will despise their image.
| כחלום מהקיץ אדני בעיר צלמם תבזה׃ |
21 For my heart has rejoiced, and my reins have been gladdened.
| כי יתחמץ לבבי וכליותי אשתונן׃ |
22 But I [was] vile and knew not: I became brutish before you.
| ואני בער ולא אדע בהמות הייתי עמך׃ |
23 Yet I am continually with you: you have holden my right hand.
| ואני תמיד עמך אחזת ביד ימיני׃ |
24 You have guided me by your counsel, and you have taken me to yourself with glory.
| בעצתך תנחני ואחר כבוד תקחני׃ |
25 For what have I in heaven [but you]? and what have I desired upon the earth beside you?
| מי לי בשמים ועמך לא חפצתי בארץ׃ |
26 My heart and my flesh have failed: [but] God [is the strength] of my heart, and God is my portion for ever.
| כלה שארי ולבבי צור לבבי וחלקי אלהים לעולם׃ |
27 For, behold, they that remove themselves far from you shall perish: you have destroyed every one that goes a whoring from you.
| כי הנה רחקיך יאבדו הצמתה כל זונה ממך׃ |
28 But it is good for me to cleave close to God, to put my trust in the Lord; that I may proclaim all your praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.
| ואני קרבת אלהים לי טוב שתי באדני יהוה מחסי לספר כל מלאכותיך׃ |
