Psalms 74
1 [A contemplation by Asaph.] God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
| מַשְׂכִּיל לְאָסָף לָמָה אֱלֹהִים זָנַחְתָּ לָנֶצַח יֶעְשַׁן אַפְּךָ בְּצֹאן מַרְעִיתֶֽךָ׃ |
2 Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance; Mount Zion, in which you have lived.
| זְכֹר עֲדָֽתְךָ ׀ קָנִיתָ קֶּדֶם גָּאַלְתָּ שֵׁבֶט נַחֲלָתֶךָ הַר־צִיּוֹן זֶה ׀ שָׁכַנְתָּ בּֽוֹ׃ |
3 Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.
| הָרִימָה פְעָמֶיךָ לְמַשֻּׁאוֹת נֶצַח כׇּל־הֵרַע אוֹיֵב בַּקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ |
4 Your adversaries have roared in the midst of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs.
| שָׁאֲגוּ צֹרְרֶיךָ בְּקֶרֶב מוֹעֲדֶךָ שָׂמוּ אוֹתֹתָם אֹתֽוֹת׃ |
5 They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.
| יִוָּדַע כְּמֵבִיא לְמָעְלָה בִּסְבׇךְ־עֵץ קַרְדֻּמּֽוֹת׃ |
6 Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers.
| (ועת) [וְעַתָּה] פִּתּוּחֶיהָ יָּחַד בְּכַשִּׁיל וְכֵילַפּוֹת יַהֲלֹמֽוּן׃ |
7 They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name.
| שִׁלְחוּ בָאֵשׁ מִקְדָּשֶׁךָ לָאָרֶץ חִלְּלוּ מִֽשְׁכַּן־שְׁמֶֽךָ׃ |
8 They said in their heart, "We will crush them completely." They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped.
| אָמְרוּ בְלִבָּם נִינָם יָחַד שָׂרְפוּ כׇל־מוֹעֲדֵי־אֵל בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ |
9 We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
| אוֹתֹתֵינוּ לֹא רָאִינוּ אֵֽין־עוֹד נָבִיא וְלֹֽא־אִתָּנוּ יֹדֵעַ עַד־מָֽה׃ |
10 How long, God, shall the enemy mock? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
| עַד־מָתַי אֱלֹהִים יְחָרֶף צָר יְנָאֵץ אוֹיֵב שִׁמְךָ לָנֶֽצַח׃ |
11 Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume them.
| לָמָּה תָשִׁיב יָדְךָ וִימִינֶךָ מִקֶּרֶב (חוקך) [חֵיקְךָ] כַלֵּֽה׃ |
12 Yet God is my King from long ago, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
| וֵאלֹהִים מַלְכִּי מִקֶּדֶם פֹּעֵל יְשׁוּעוֹת בְּקֶרֶב הָאָֽרֶץ׃ |
13 You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
| אַתָּה פוֹרַרְתָּ בְעׇזְּךָ יָם שִׁבַּרְתָּ רָאשֵׁי תַנִּינִים עַל־הַמָּֽיִם׃ |
14 You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.
| אַתָּה רִצַּצְתָּ רָאשֵׁי לִוְיָתָן תִּתְּנֶנּוּ מַאֲכָל לְעָם לְצִיִּֽים׃ |
15 You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.
| אַתָּה בָקַעְתָּ מַעְיָן וָנָחַל אַתָּה הוֹבַשְׁתָּ נַהֲרוֹת אֵיתָֽן׃ |
16 The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.
| לְךָ יוֹם אַף־לְךָ לָיְלָה אַתָּה הֲכִינוֹתָ מָאוֹר וָשָֽׁמֶשׁ׃ |
17 You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.
| אַתָּה הִצַּבְתָּ כׇּל־גְּבוּלוֹת אָרֶץ קַיִץ וָחֹרֶף אַתָּה יְצַרְתָּֽם׃ |
18 Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Jehovah. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.
| זְכׇר־זֹאת אוֹיֵב חֵרֵף ׀ יְהֹוָה וְעַם נָבָל נִאֲצוּ שְׁמֶֽךָ׃ |
19 Do not deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Do not forget the life of your poor forever.
| אַל־תִּתֵּן לְחַיַּת נֶפֶשׁ תּוֹרֶךָ חַיַּת עֲנִיֶּיךָ אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח לָנֶֽצַח׃ |
20 Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.
| הַבֵּט לַבְּרִית כִּי מָלְאוּ מַחֲשַׁכֵּי־אֶרֶץ נְאוֹת חָמָֽס׃ |
21 Do not let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.
| אַל־יָשֹׁב דַּךְ נִכְלָם עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן יְֽהַלְלוּ שְׁמֶֽךָ׃ |
22 Arise, God. Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.
| קוּמָה אֱלֹהִים רִיבָה רִיבֶךָ זְכֹר חֶרְפָּתְךָ מִנִּי־נָבָל כׇּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃ |
23 Do not forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.
| אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח קוֹל צֹרְרֶיךָ שְׁאוֹן קָמֶיךָ עֹלֶה תָמִֽיד׃ |
