Psalms 73
1 Truly Elohim is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
Psalmus Asaph. Defecerunt hymni David filii Iesse. Quam bonus Israel Deus his qui recto sunt corde!
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
Mei autem pene moti sunt pedes: pene effusi sunt gressus mei.
3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Quia zelavi super iniquos, pacem peccatorum videns.
4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
Quia non est respectus morti eorum: et firmamentum in plaga eorum.
5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
In labore hominum non sunt, et cum hominibus non flagellabuntur:
6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Ideo tenuit eos superbia, operti sunt iniquitate et impietate sua.
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
Prodiit quasi ex adipe iniquitas eorum: transierunt in affectum cordis.
8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
Cogitaverunt, et locuti sunt nequitiam: iniquitatem in excelso locuti sunt.
9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Posuerunt in caelum os suum: et lingua eorum transivit in terra.
10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
Ideo convertetur populus meus hic: et dies pleni invenientur in eis.
11 And they say, How doth El know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
Et dixerunt: Quomodo scit Deus, et si est scientia in excelso?
12 Behold, these are the wicked, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
Ecce ipsi peccatores, et abundantes in saeculo, obtinuerunt divitias.
13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
Et dixi: Ergo sine causa iustificavi cor meum, et lavi inter innocentes manus meas:
14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
Et fui flagellatus tota die, et castigatio mea in matutinis.
15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
Si dicebam: Narrabo sic: ecce nationem filiorum tuorum reprobavi.
16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
Existimabam ut cognoscerem hoc, labor est ante me:
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of El; then understood I their end.
Donec intrem in Sanctuarium Dei: et intelligam in novissimis eorum.
18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
Verumtamen propter dolos posuisti eis: deiecisti eos dum allevarentur.
19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
Quomodo facti sunt in desolationem, subito defecerunt: perierunt propter iniquitatem suam.
20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O YHWH, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
Velut somnium surgentium Domine, in civitate tua imaginem ipsorum ad nihilum rediges.
21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
Quia inflammatum est cor meum, et renes mei commutati sunt:
22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
et ego ad nihilum redactus sum, et nescivi.
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
Ut iumentum factus sum apud te: et ego semper tecum.
24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Tenuisti manum dexteram meam: et in voluntate tua deduxisti me, et cum gloria suscepisti me.
25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
Quid enim mihi est in caelo? et a te quid volui super terram?
26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but Elohim is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Defecit caro mea et cor meum: Deus cordis mei, et pars mea Deus in aeternum.
27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
Quia ecce, qui elongant se a te, peribunt: perdidisti omnes, qui fornicantur abs te.
28 But it is good for me to draw near to Elohim: I have put my trust in the Sovereign YHWH, that I may declare all thy works.
Mihi autem adhaerere Deo bonum est: ponere in Domino Deo spem meam: ut annunciem omnes praedicationes tuas, in portis filiae Sion.
