Psalms 78
1 AN INSTRUCTION OF ASAPH. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.
| משכיל לאסף האזינה עמי תורתי הטו אזנכם לאמרי פי׃ |
2 I open my mouth with an allegory, I bring forth hidden things of old,
| אפתחה במשל פי אביעה חידות מני קדם׃ |
3 That we have heard and know, And our fathers have recounted to us.
| אשר שמענו ונדעם ואבותינו ספרו לנו׃ |
4 We do not hide from their sons, Recounting praises of YHWH to a later generation, And His strength, and His wonders that He has done.
| לא נכחד מבניהם לדור אחרון מספרים תהלות יהוה ועזוזו ונפלאותיו אשר עשה׃ |
5 And He raises up a testimony in Jacob, And has placed a law in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons.
| ויקם עדות ביעקב ותורה שם בישראל אשר צוה את אבותינו להודיעם לבניהם׃ |
6 So that a later generation knows, Sons who are born, rise and recount to their sons,
| למען ידעו דור אחרון בנים יולדו יקמו ויספרו לבניהם׃ |
7 And place their confidence in God, And do not forget the doings of God, But keep His commands.
| וישימו באלהים כסלם ולא ישכחו מעללי אל ומצותיו ינצרו׃ |
8 And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostatizing and being rebellious, A generation—it has not prepared its heart, Nor [is] its spirit steadfast with God.
| ולא יהיו כאבותם דור סורר ומרה דור לא הכין לבו ולא נאמנה את אל רוחו׃ |
9 Sons of Ephraim—armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.
| בני אפרים נושקי רומי קשת הפכו ביום קרב׃ |
10 They have not kept the covenant of God, And they have refused to walk in His law,
| לא שמרו ברית אלהים ובתורתו מאנו ללכת׃ |
11 And they forget His doings, And His wonders that He showed them.
| וישכחו עלילותיו ונפלאותיו אשר הראם׃ |
12 He has done wonders before their fathers, In the land of Egypt—the field of Zoan.
| נגד אבותם עשה פלא בארץ מצרים שדה צען׃ |
13 He cleft a sea, and causes them to pass over, Indeed, He causes waters to stand as a heap.
| בקע ים ויעבירם ויצב מים כמו נד׃ |
14 And leads them with a cloud by day, And with a light of fire all the night.
| וינחם בענן יומם וכל הלילה באור אש׃ |
15 He cleaves rocks in a wilderness, And gives drink—as the great deep.
| יבקע צרים במדבר וישק כתהמות רבה׃ |
16 And brings out streams from a rock, And causes waters to come down as rivers.
| ויוצא נוזלים מסלע ויורד כנהרות מים׃ |
17 And they still add to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place.
| ויוסיפו עוד לחטא לו למרות עליון בציה׃ |
18 And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.
| וינסו אל בלבבם לשאל אכל לנפשם׃ |
19 And they speak against God—they said: “Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?”
| וידברו באלהים אמרו היוכל אל לערך שלחן במדבר׃ |
20 Behold, He has struck a rock, And waters flow, indeed, streams overflow. “Also, [is] He able to give bread? Does He prepare flesh for His people?”
| הן הכה צור ויזובו מים ונחלים ישטפו הגם לחם יוכל תת אם יכין שאר לעמו׃ |
21 Therefore YHWH has heard, And He shows Himself angry, And fire has been kindled against Jacob, And anger has also gone up against Israel,
| לכן שמע יהוה ויתעבר ואש נשקה ביעקב וגם אף עלה בישראל׃ |
22 For they have not believed in God, Nor have they trusted in His salvation.
| כי לא האמינו באלהים ולא בטחו בישועתו׃ |
23 And He commands clouds from above, Indeed, He has opened doors of the heavens.
| ויצו שחקים ממעל ודלתי שמים פתח׃ |
24 And He rains manna on them to eat, Indeed, He has given grain of the heavens to them.
| וימטר עליהם מן לאכל ודגן שמים נתן למו׃ |
25 Each has eaten food of the mighty, He sent provision to them to satiety.
| לחם אבירים אכל איש צידה שלח להם לשבע׃ |
26 He causes an east wind to journey in the heavens, And leads a south wind by His strength,
| יסע קדים בשמים וינהג בעזו תימן׃ |
27 And He rains on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas—winged bird,
| וימטר עליהם כעפר שאר וכחול ימים עוף כנף׃ |
28 And causes [it] to fall in the midst of His camp, Around His dwelling places.
| ויפל בקרב מחנהו סביב למשכנתיו׃ |
29 And they eat, and are greatly satisfied, And He brings their desire to them.
| ויאכלו וישבעו מאד ותאותם יבא להם׃ |
30 They have not been estranged from their desire, Their food [is] yet in their mouth,
| לא זרו מתאותם עוד אכלם בפיהם׃ |
31 And the anger of God has gone up against them, And He slays among their fat ones, And He caused youths of Israel to bend.
| ואף אלהים עלה בהם ויהרג במשמניהם ובחורי ישראל הכריע׃ |
32 With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders.
| בכל זאת חטאו עוד ולא האמינו בנפלאותיו׃ |
33 And He consumes their days in vanity, And their years in trouble.
| ויכל בהבל ימיהם ושנותם בבהלה׃ |
34 If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and earnestly sought God,
| אם הרגם ודרשוהו ושבו ושחרו אל׃ |
35 And they remember that God [is] their rock, And God Most High their redeemer.
| ויזכרו כי אלהים צורם ואל עליון גאלם׃ |
36 And they deceive Him with their mouth, And lie to Him with their tongue,
| ויפתוהו בפיהם ובלשונם יכזבו לו׃ |
37 And their heart has not been right with Him, And they have not been steadfast in His covenant.
| ולבם לא נכון עמו ולא נאמנו בבריתו׃ |
38 And He, the Merciful One, pardons iniquity, and does not destroy, And has often turned back His anger, And does not awaken all His fury.
| והוא רחום יכפר עון ולא ישחית והרבה להשיב אפו ולא יעיר כל חמתו׃ |
39 And He remembers that they [are] flesh, A wind going on—and it does not return.
| ויזכר כי בשר המה רוח הולך ולא ישוב׃ |
40 How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?
| כמה ימרוהו במדבר יעציבוהו בישימון׃ |
41 Indeed, they turn back, and try God, And have limited the Holy One of Israel.
| וישובו וינסו אל וקדוש ישראל התוו׃ |
42 They have not remembered His hand The day He ransomed them from the adversary.
| לא זכרו את ידו יום אשר פדם מני צר׃ |
43 When He set His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan,
| אשר שם במצרים אתותיו ומופתיו בשדה צען׃ |
44 And He turns their streams to blood, And they do not drink their floods.
| ויהפך לדם יאריהם ונזליהם בל ישתיון׃ |
45 He sends among them the beetle, and it consumes them, And the frog, and it destroys them,
| ישלח בהם ערב ויאכלם וצפרדע ותשחיתם׃ |
46 And gives their increase to the caterpillar, And their labor to the locust.
| ויתן לחסיל יבולם ויגיעם לארבה׃ |
47 He destroys their vine with hail, And their sycamores with frost,
| יהרג בברד גפנם ושקמותם בחנמל׃ |
48 And delivers their beasts up to the hail, And their livestock to the burning flames.
| ויסגר לברד בעירם ומקניהם לרשפים׃ |
49 He sends on them the fury of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and distress—A discharge of evil messengers.
| ישלח בם חרון אפו עברה וזעם וצרה משלחת מלאכי רעים׃ |
50 He ponders a path for His anger, He did not keep back their soul from death, Indeed, He delivered up their life to the pestilence.
| יפלס נתיב לאפו לא חשך ממות נפשם וחיתם לדבר הסגיר׃ |
51 And He strikes every firstborn in Egypt, The first-fruit of the strong in tents of Ham.
| ויך כל בכור במצרים ראשית אונים באהלי חם׃ |
52 And causes His people to journey as a flock, And guides them as a drove in a wilderness,
| ויסע כצאן עמו וינהגם כעדר במדבר׃ |
53 And He leads them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And the sea has covered their enemies.
| וינחם לבטח ולא פחדו ואת אויביהם כסה הים׃ |
54 And He brings them to the border of His sanctuary, This mountain His right hand had acquired,
| ויביאם אל גבול קדשו הר זה קנתה ימינו׃ |
55 And casts out nations from before them, And causes them to fall in the line of inheritance, And causes the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents,
| ויגרש מפניהם גוים ויפילם בחבל נחלה וישכן באהליהם שבטי ישראל׃ |
56 And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And have not kept His testimonies.
| וינסו וימרו את אלהים עליון ועדותיו לא שמרו׃ |
57 And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,
| ויסגו ויבגדו כאבותם נהפכו כקשת רמיה׃ |
58 And make Him angry with their high places, And make Him zealous with their carved images,
| ויכעיסוהו בבמותם ובפסיליהם יקניאוהו׃ |
59 God has heard, and shows Himself angry. And kicks exceedingly against Israel.
| שמע אלהים ויתעבר וימאס מאד בישראל׃ |
60 And He leaves the Dwelling Place of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,
| ויטש משכן שלו אהל שכן באדם׃ |
61 And He gives His strength to captivity, And His beauty into the hand of an adversary,
| ויתן לשבי עזו ותפארתו ביד צר׃ |
62 And delivers His people up to the sword, And showed Himself angry with His inheritance.
| ויסגר לחרב עמו ובנחלתו התעבר׃ |
63 Fire has consumed His young men, And His virgins have not been praised.
| בחוריו אכלה אש ובתולתיו לא הוללו׃ |
64 His priests have fallen by the sword, And their widows do not weep.
| כהניו בחרב נפלו ואלמנתיו לא תבכינה׃ |
65 And the Lord wakes as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine.
| ויקץ כישן אדני כגבור מתרונן מיין׃ |
66 And He strikes His adversaries backward, He has put a continuous reproach on them,
| ויך צריו אחור חרפת עולם נתן למו׃ |
67 And He kicks against the tent of Joseph, And has not fixed on the tribe of Ephraim.
| וימאס באהל יוסף ובשבט אפרים לא בחר׃ |
68 And He chooses the tribe of Judah, With Mount Zion that He loved,
| ויבחר את שבט יהודה את הר ציון אשר אהב׃ |
69 And builds His sanctuary as a high place, Like the earth, He founded it for all time.
| ויבן כמו רמים מקדשו כארץ יסדה לעולם׃ |
70 And He fixes on His servant David, And takes him from the folds of a flock,
| ויבחר בדוד עבדו ויקחהו ממכלאת צאן׃ |
71 He has brought him in from behind suckling ones, To rule over Jacob His people, And over Israel His inheritance.
| מאחר עלות הביאו לרעות ביעקב עמו ובישראל נחלתו׃ |
72 And he rules them according to the integrity of his heart, And leads them by the skillfulness of his hands!
| וירעם כתם לבבו ובתבונות כפיו ינחם׃ |
