Psalms 73
1 [A Psalm by Asaph.] Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
| מִזְמֹ֗ור לְאָ֫סָ֥ף אַ֤ךְ טֹ֭וב לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל אֱלֹהִ֗ים לְבָרֵ֥י לֵבָֽב׃ |
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.
| וַאֲנִ֗י כִּ֭מְעַט נָטוּי (נָטָ֣יוּ) רַגְלָ֑י כְּ֝אַ֗יִן שֻׁפְּכָה (שֻׁפְּכ֥וּ) אֲשֻׁרָֽי׃ |
3 For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
| כִּֽי־קִ֭נֵּאתִי בַּֽהֹולְלִ֑ים שְׁלֹ֖ום רְשָׁעִ֣ים אֶרְאֶֽה׃ |
4 For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.
| כִּ֤י אֵ֖ין חַרְצֻבֹּ֥ות לְמֹותָ֗ם וּבָרִ֥יא אוּלָֽם׃ |
5 They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.
| בַּעֲמַ֣ל אֱנֹ֣ושׁ אֵינֵ֑מֹו וְעִם־אָ֝דָ֗ם לֹ֣א יְנֻגָּֽעוּ׃ |
6 Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.
| לָ֭כֵן עֲנָקַ֣תְמֹו גַאֲוָ֑ה יַעֲטָף־שִׁ֝֗ית חָמָ֥ס לָֽמֹו׃ |
7 Their sin proceeds forth from fatness. Their hearts overflow with imaginations.
| יָ֭צָא מֵחֵ֣לֶב עֵינֵ֑מֹו עָ֝בְר֗וּ מַשְׂכִּיֹּ֥ות לֵבָֽב׃ |
8 They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
| יָמִ֤יקוּ ׀ וִידַבְּר֣וּ בְרָ֣ע עֹ֑שֶׁק מִמָּרֹ֥ום יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃ |
9 They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
| שַׁתּ֣וּ בַשָּׁמַ֣יִם פִּיהֶ֑ם וּ֝לְשֹׁונָ֗ם תִּֽהֲלַ֥ךְ בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ |
10 Therefore his people turn to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.
| לָכֵ֤ן ׀ יָשִׁיב (יָשׁ֣וּב) עַמֹּ֣ו הֲלֹ֑ם וּמֵ֥י מָ֝לֵ֗א יִמָּ֥צוּ לָֽמֹו׃ |
11 They say, "How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?"
| וְֽאָמְר֗וּ אֵיכָ֥ה יָדַֽע־אֵ֑ל וְיֵ֖שׁ דֵּעָ֣ה בְעֶלְיֹֽון׃ |
12 Look, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
| הִנֵּה־אֵ֥לֶּה רְשָׁעִ֑ים וְשַׁלְוֵ֥י עֹ֝ולָ֗ם הִשְׂגּוּ־חָֽיִל׃ |
13 Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,
| אַךְ־רִ֭יק זִכִּ֣יתִי לְבָבִ֑י וָאֶרְחַ֖ץ בְּנִקָּיֹ֣ון כַּפָּֽי׃ |
14 For all day long have I been plagued, and punished every morning.
| וָאֱהִ֣י נָ֭גוּעַ כָּל־הַיֹּ֑ום וְ֝תֹוכַחְתִּ֗י לַבְּקָרִֽים׃ |
15 If I had said, "I will speak thus;" look, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
| אִם־אָ֭מַרְתִּי אֲסַפְּרָ֥ה כְמֹ֑ו הִנֵּ֤ה דֹ֭ור בָּנֶ֣יךָ בָגָֽדְתִּי׃ |
16 When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me;
| וָֽ֭אֲחַשְּׁבָה לָדַ֣עַת זֹ֑את עָמָ֖ל הִיא (ה֣וּא) בְעֵינָֽי׃ |
17 Until I entered God's sanctuary, and considered their latter end.
| עַד־אָ֭בֹוא אֶל־מִקְדְּשֵׁי־אֵ֑ל אָ֝בִ֗ינָה לְאַחֲרִיתָֽם׃ |
18 Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.
| אַ֣ךְ בַּ֭חֲלָקֹות תָּשִׁ֣ית לָ֑מֹו הִ֝פַּלְתָּ֗ם לְמַשּׁוּאֹֽות׃ |
19 How they are suddenly destroyed. They are completely swept away with terrors.
| אֵ֤יךְ הָי֣וּ לְשַׁמָּ֣ה כְרָ֑גַע סָ֥פוּ תַ֝֗מּוּ מִן־בַּלָּהֹֽות׃ |
20 As a dream when one wakes up, so, LORD, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
| כַּחֲלֹ֥ום מֵהָקִ֑יץ אֲ֝דֹנָי בָּעִ֤יר ׀ צַלְמָ֬ם תִּבְזֶֽה׃ |
21 For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.
| כִּ֭י יִתְחַמֵּ֣ץ לְבָבִ֑י וְ֝כִלְיֹותַ֗י אֶשְׁתֹּונָֽן׃ |
22 I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.
| וַאֲנִי־בַ֭עַר וְלֹ֣א אֵדָ֑ע בְּ֝הֵמֹ֗ות הָיִ֥יתִי עִמָּֽךְ׃ |
23 Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.
| וַאֲנִ֣י תָמִ֣יד עִמָּ֑ךְ אָ֝חַ֗זְתָּ בְּיַד־יְמִינִֽי׃ |
24 You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
| בַּעֲצָתְךָ֥ תַנְחֵ֑נִי וְ֝אַחַ֗ר כָּבֹ֥וד תִּקָּחֵֽנִי׃ |
25 Who do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth who I desire besides you.
| מִי־לִ֥י בַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְ֝עִמְּךָ֗ לֹא־חָפַ֥צְתִּי בָאָֽרֶץ׃ |
26 My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
| כָּלָ֥ה שְׁאֵרִ֗י וּלְבָ֫בִ֥י צוּר־לְבָבִ֥י וְחֶלְקִ֗י אֱלֹהִ֥ים לְעֹולָֽם׃ |
27 For, look, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.
| כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֣ה רְחֵקֶ֣יךָ יֹאבֵ֑דוּ הִ֝צְמַ֗תָּה כָּל־זֹונֶ֥ה מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ |
28 But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the LORD my refuge, that I may tell of all your works in the gates of the daughter of Zion.
| וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ קִֽרֲבַ֥ת אֱלֹהִ֗ים לִ֫י־טֹ֥וב שַׁתִּ֤י ׀ בַּאדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֣ה מַחְסִ֑י לְ֝סַפֵּ֗ר כָּל־מַלְאֲכֹותֶֽיךָ׃ |
