Psalms 78
1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
| משכיל לאסף האזינה עמי תורתי הטו אזנכם לאמרי-פי |
2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
| אפתחה במשל פי אביעה חידות מני-קדם |
3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
| אשר שמענו ונדעם ואבותינו ספרו-לנו |
4 We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he has done.
| לא נכחד מבניהם-- לדור אחרון מספרים תהלות יהוה ועזוזו ונפלאתיו אשר עשה |
5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
| ויקם עדות ביעקב ותורה שם בישראל אשר צוה את-אבותינו-- להודיעם לבניהם |
6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
| למען ידעו דור אחרון--בנים יולדו יקמו ויספרו לבניהם |
7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
| וישימו באלהים כסלם ולא ישכחו מעללי-אל ומצותיו ינצרו |
8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
| ולא יהיו כאבותם-- דור סורר ומרה דור לא-הכין לבו ולא-נאמנה את-אל רוחו |
9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
| בני-אפרים נושקי רומי-קשת הפכו ביום קרב |
10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
| לא שמרו ברית אלהים ובתורתו מאנו ללכת |
11 And forgot his works, and his wonders that he had showed them.
| וישכחו עלילותיו ונפלאותיו אשר הראם |
12 Marvelous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
| נגד אבותם עשה פלא בארץ מצרים שדה-צען |
13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
| בקע ים ויעבירם ויצב-מים כמו-נד |
14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
| וינחם בענן יומם וכל-הלילה באור אש |
15 He split the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
| יבקע צרים במדבר וישק כתהמות רבה |
16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
| ויוצא נוזלים מסלע ויורד כנהרות מים |
17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
| ויוסיפו עוד לחטא-לו-- למרות עליון בציה |
18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
| וינסו-אל בלבבם-- לשאל-אכל לנפשם |
19 Yes, they spoke against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
| וידברו באלהים אמרו היוכל אל--לערך שלחן במדבר |
20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
| הן הכה-צור ויזובו מים-- ונחלים ישטפו הגם-לחם יוכל תת אם-יכין שאר לעמו |
21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
| לכן שמע יהוה-- ויתעבר ואש נשקה ביעקב וגם-אף עלה בישראל |
22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
| כי לא האמינו באלהים ולא בטחו בישועתו |
23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
| ויצו שחקים ממעל ודלתי שמים פתח |
24 And had rained down manna on them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
| וימטר עליהם מן לאכל ודגן-שמים נתן למו |
25 Man did eat angels’ food: he sent them meat to the full.
| לחם אבירים אכל איש צידה שלח להם לשבע |
26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
| יסע קדים בשמים וינהג בעזו תימן |
27 He rained flesh also on them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
| וימטר עליהם כעפר שאר וכחול ימים עוף כנף |
28 And he let it fall in the middle of their camp, round about their habitations.
| ויפל בקרב מחנהו סביב למשכנתיו |
29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
| ויאכלו וישבעו מאד ותאותם יבא להם |
30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
| לא-זרו מתאותם עוד אכלם בפיהם |
31 The wrath of God came on them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
| ואף אלהים עלה בהם ויהרג במשמניהם ובחורי ישראל הכריע |
32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
| בכל-זאת חטאו-עוד ולא-האמינו בנפלאותיו |
33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
| ויכל-בהבל ימיהם ושנותם בבהלה |
34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.
| אם-הרגם ודרשוהו ושבו ושחרו-אל |
35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
| ויזכרו כי-אלהים צורם ואל עליון גאלם |
36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied to him with their tongues.
| ויפתוהו בפיהם ובלשונם יכזבו-לו |
37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they steadfast in his covenant.
| ולבם לא-נכון עמו ולא נאמנו בבריתו |
38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yes, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
| והוא רחום יכפר עון-- ולא-ישחית והרבה להשיב אפו ולא-יעיר כל-חמתו |
39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passes away, and comes not again.
| ויזכר כי-בשר המה רוח הולך ולא ישוב |
40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
| כמה ימרוהו במדבר יעציבוהו בישימון |
41 Yes, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
| וישובו וינסו אל וקדוש ישראל התוו |
42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
| לא-זכרו את-ידו יום אשר-פדם מני-צר |
43 How he had worked his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan.
| אשר-שם במצרים אתותיו ומופתיו בשדה-צען |
44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
| ויהפך לדם יאריהם ונזליהם בל-ישתיון |
45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
| ישלח בהם ערב ויאכלם וצפרדע ותשחיתם |
46 He gave also their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust.
| ויתן לחסיל יבולם ויגיעם לארבה |
47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
| יהרג בברד גפנם ושקמותם בחנמל |
48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
| ויסגר לברד בעירם ומקניהם לרשפים |
49 He cast on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
| ישלח-בם חרון אפו--עברה וזעם וצרה משלחת מלאכי רעים |
50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
| יפלס נתיב לאפו לא-חשך ממות נפשם וחיתם לדבר הסגיר |
51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
| ויך כל-בכור במצרים ראשית אונים באהלי-חם |
52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
| ויסע כצאן עמו וינהגם כעדר במדבר |
53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
| וינחם לבטח ולא פחדו ואת-אויביהם כסה הים |
54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
| ויביאם אל-גבול קדשו הר-זה קנתה ימינו |
55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
| ויגרש מפניהם גוים-- ויפילם בחבל נחלה וישכן באהליהם שבטי ישראל |
56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
| וינסו וימרו את-אלהים עליון ועדותיו לא שמרו |
57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
| ויסגו ויבגדו כאבותם נהפכו כקשת רמיה |
58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
| ויכעיסוהו בבמותם ובפסיליהם יקניאוהו |
59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
| שמע אלהים ויתעבר וימאס מאד בישראל |
60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
| ויטש משכן שלו אהל שכן באדם |
61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand.
| ויתן לשבי עזו ותפארתו ביד-צר |
62 He gave his people over also to the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
| ויסגר לחרב עמו ובנחלתו התעבר |
63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
| בחוריו אכלה-אש ובתולתיו לא הוללו |
64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
| כהניו בחרב נפלו ואלמנתיו לא תבכינה |
65 Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouts by reason of wine.
| ויקץ כישן אדני כגבור מתרונן מיין |
66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
| ויך-צריו אחור חרפת עולם נתן למו |
67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
| וימאס באהל יוסף ובשבט אפרים לא בחר |
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
| ויבחר את-שבט יהודה את-הר ציון אשר אהב |
69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he has established for ever.
| ויבן כמו-רמים מקדשו כארץ יסדה לעולם |
70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
| ויבחר בדוד עבדו ויקחהו ממכלאת צאן |
71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
| מאחר עלות הביאו לרעות ביעקב עמו ובישראל נחלתו |
72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
| וירעם כתם לבבו ובתבונות כפיו ינחם |
