Psalms 73
1 “BOOK III. A psalm of Asaph.” Truly God is good to Israel, —To those who are pure in heart.
| מִזְמ֗וֹר לְאָ֫סָ֥ף אַ֤ךְ ט֭וֹב לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל אֱלֹהִ֗ים לְבָרֵ֥י לֵבָֽב׃ |
2 Yet my feet almost gave way; My steps had well nigh slipped:
| וַאֲנִ֗י כִּ֭מְעַט נטוי רַגְלָ֑י כְּ֝אַ֗יִן שפכה אֲשֻׁרָֽי׃ |
3 For I was envious of the proud, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
| כִּֽי־קִ֭נֵּאתִי בַּֽהוֹלְלִ֑ים שְׁל֖וֹם רְשָׁעִ֣ים אֶרְאֶֽה׃ |
4 For they have no pains even to their death; Their bodies are in full health.
| כִּ֤י אֵ֖ין חַרְצֻבּ֥וֹת לְמוֹתָ֗ם וּבָרִ֥יא אוּלָֽם׃ |
5 They have not the woes of other men, Neither are they smitten like other men.
| בַּעֲמַ֣ל אֱנ֣וֹשׁ אֵינֵ֑מוֹ וְעִם־אָ֝דָ֗ם לֹ֣א יְנֻגָּֽעוּ׃ |
6 Therefore pride encircleth their neck as a collar; Violence covereth them as a garment.
| לָ֭כֵן עֲנָקַ֣תְמוֹ גַאֲוָ֑ה יַעֲטָף־שִׁ֝֗ית חָמָ֥ס לָֽמוֹ׃ |
7 From their bosom issueth their iniquity; The designs of their hearts burst forth.
| יָ֭צָא מֵחֵ֣לֶב עֵינֵ֑מוֹ עָ֝בְר֗וּ מַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹת לֵבָֽב׃ |
8 They mock, and speak of malicious oppression; Their words are haughty;
| יָמִ֤יקוּ ׀ וִידַבְּר֣וּ בְרָ֣ע עֹ֑שֶׁק מִמָּר֥וֹם יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃ |
9 They stretch forth their mouth to the heavens, And their tongue goeth through the earth;
| שַׁתּ֣וּ בַשָּׁמַ֣יִם פִּיהֶ֑ם וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗ם תִּֽהֲלַ֥ךְ בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ |
10 Therefore his people walk in their ways, And there drink from full fountains.
| לָכֵ֤ן ׀ ישיב עַמּ֣וֹ הֲלֹ֑ם וּמֵ֥י מָ֝לֵ֗א יִמָּ֥צוּ לָֽמוֹ׃ |
11 And they say, “How doth God know? How can there be knowledge with the Most High?”
| וְֽאָמְר֗וּ אֵיכָ֥ה יָדַֽע־אֵ֑ל וְיֵ֖שׁ דֵּעָ֣ה בְעֶלְיֽוֹן׃ |
12 Behold these are the ungodly! Yet they are ever prosperous; they heap up riches.
| הִנֵּה־אֵ֥לֶּה רְשָׁעִ֑ים וְשַׁלְוֵ֥י ע֝וֹלָ֗ם הִשְׂגּוּ־חָֽיִל׃ |
13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain; In vain have I washed my hands in innocence.
| אַךְ־רִ֭יק זִכִּ֣יתִי לְבָבִ֑י וָאֶרְחַ֖ץ בְּנִקָּי֣וֹן כַּפָּֽי׃ |
14 For every day have I been smitten; Every morn have I been chastened.
| וָאֱהִ֣י נָ֭גוּעַ כָּל־הַיּ֑וֹם וְ֝תוֹכַחְתִּ֗י לַבְּקָרִֽים׃ |
15 If I should resolve to speak like them, Surely I should be treacherous to the family of thy children.
| אִם־אָ֭מַרְתִּי אֲסַפְּרָ֥ה כְמ֑וֹ הִנֵּ֤ה ד֭וֹר בָּנֶ֣יךָ בָגָֽדְתִּי׃ |
16 So, when I studied to know this, It was painful to my eyes;
| וָֽ֭אֲחַשְּׁבָה לָדַ֣עַת זֹ֑את עָמָ֖ל היא בְעֵינָֽי׃ |
17 Until I went into the sanctuaries of God, And considered what was their end.
| עַד־אָ֭בוֹא אֶל־מִקְדְּשֵׁי־אֵ֑ל אָ֝בִ֗ינָה לְאַחֲרִיתָֽם׃ |
18 Behold! thou hast set them on slippery places; Thou castest them down into unseen pits.
| אַ֣ךְ בַּ֭חֲלָקוֹת תָּשִׁ֣ית לָ֑מוֹ הִ֝פַּלְתָּ֗ם לְמַשּׁוּאֽוֹת׃ |
19 How are they brought to desolation in a moment, And utterly consumed with sudden destruction!
| אֵ֤יךְ הָי֣וּ לְשַׁמָּ֣ה כְרָ֑גַע סָ֥פוּ תַ֝֗מּוּ מִן־בַּלָּהֽוֹת׃ |
20 As a dream when one awaketh, Thou, O Lord! when thou awakest, wilt make their vain show a derision.
| כַּחֲל֥וֹם מֵהָקִ֑יץ אֲ֝דֹנָי בָּעִ֤יר ׀ צַלְמָ֬ם תִּבְזֶֽה׃ |
21 When my heart was vexed And I was pierced in my reins,
| כִּ֭י יִתְחַמֵּ֣ץ לְבָבִ֑י וְ֝כִלְיוֹתַ֗י אֶשְׁתּוֹנָֽן׃ |
22 Then was I stupid and without understanding; I was like one of the brutes before thee.
| וַאֲנִי־בַ֭עַר וְלֹ֣א אֵדָ֑ע בְּ֝הֵמ֗וֹת הָיִ֥יתִי עִמָּֽךְ׃ |
23 Yet am I ever under thy care; By my right hand thou dost hold me up.
| וַאֲנִ֣י תָמִ֣יד עִמָּ֑ךְ אָ֝חַ֗זְתָּ בְּיַד־יְמִינִֽי׃ |
24 Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And at last receive me in glory.
| בַּעֲצָתְךָ֥ תַנְחֵ֑נִי וְ֝אַחַ֗ר כָּב֥וֹד תִּקָּחֵֽנִי׃ |
25 Whom have I in heaven but thee, And whom on earth do I love in comparison with thee?
| מִי־לִ֥י בַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְ֝עִמְּךָ֗ לֹא־חָפַ֥צְתִּי בָאָֽרֶץ׃ |
26 Though my flesh and my heart fail, God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
| כָּלָ֥ה שְׁאֵרִ֗י וּלְבָ֫בִ֥י צוּר־לְבָבִ֥י וְחֶלְקִ֗י אֱלֹהִ֥ים לְעוֹלָֽם׃ |
27 For, lo! they who are far from thee perish; Thou destroyest all who estrange themselves from thee.
| כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֣ה רְחֵקֶ֣יךָ יֹאבֵ֑דוּ הִ֝צְמַ֗תָּה כָּל־זוֹנֶ֥ה מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ |
28 But it is good for me to draw near to God; I put my trust in the Lord Jehovah, That I may declare all thy works.
| וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ קִֽרֲבַ֥ת אֱלֹהִ֗ים לִ֫י־ט֥וֹב שַׁתִּ֤י ׀ בַּאדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֣ה מַחְסִ֑י לְ֝סַפֵּ֗ר כָּל־מַלְאֲכוֹתֶֽיךָ ׃ |
