Psalms 73
1 A Melody of Asaph. Nothing but good, is God, Unto Israel, Unto the pure in heart.
| מִזְמֹ֗ור לְאָ֫סָ֥ף אַ֤ךְ טֹ֭וב לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל אֱלֹהִ֗ים לְבָרֵ֥י לֵבָֽב׃ |
2 But, as for me, —My feet had, almost stumbled, My steps had, well-nigh slipped;
| וַאֲנִ֗י כִּ֭מְעַט נָטוּי (נָטָ֣יוּ) רַגְלָ֑י כְּ֝אַ֗יִן שֻׁפְּכָה (שֻׁפְּכ֥וּ) אֲשֻׁרָֽי׃ |
3 For I was envious of the boasters, At the prosperity of the lawless, used I to look.
| כִּֽי־קִ֭נֵּאתִי בַּֽהֹולְלִ֑ים שְׁלֹ֖ום רְשָׁעִ֣ים אֶרְאֶֽה׃ |
4 For they have no pangs in their death, And vigorous is their body;
| כִּ֤י אֵ֖ין חַרְצֻבֹּ֥ות לְמֹותָ֗ם וּבָרִ֥יא אוּלָֽם׃ |
5 Of the toil of weak mortals, have they none, Nor, with the sons of earth, are they hard smitten.
| בַּעֲמַ֣ל אֱנֹ֣ושׁ אֵינֵ֑מֹו וְעִם־אָ֝דָ֗ם לֹ֣א יְנֻגָּֽעוּ׃ |
6 For this cause, doth arrogance deck them as a neck-chain, And a garment of wrong is their attire;
| לָ֭כֵן עֲנָקַ֣תְמֹו גַאֲוָ֑ה יַעֲטָף־שִׁ֝֗ית חָמָ֥ס לָֽמֹו׃ |
7 Their iniquity, hath proceeded from fatness, They have surpassed the imaginations of the heart;
| יָ֭צָא מֵחֵ֣לֶב עֵינֵ֑מֹו עָ֝בְר֗וּ מַשְׂכִּיֹּ֥ות לֵבָֽב׃ |
8 They mock, and wickedly command oppression, From on high, they command;
| יָמִ֤יקוּ ׀ וִידַבְּר֣וּ בְרָ֣ע עֹ֑שֶׁק מִמָּרֹ֥ום יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃ |
9 They have set, in the heavens, their mouth, And, their tongue, marcheth through the earth.
| שַׁתּ֣וּ בַשָּׁמַ֣יִם פִּיהֶ֑ם וּ֝לְשֹׁונָ֗ם תִּֽהֲלַ֥ךְ בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ |
10 Therefore must his people return thither, And, the waters of abundance, are drained by them;
| לָכֵ֤ן ׀ יָשִׁיב (יָשׁ֣וּב) עַמֹּ֣ו הֲלֹ֑ם וּמֵ֥י מָ֝לֵ֗א יִמָּ֥צוּ לָֽמֹו׃ |
11 And they say—How doth GOD know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?
| וְֽאָמְר֗וּ אֵיכָ֥ה יָדַֽע־אֵ֑ל וְיֵ֖שׁ דֵּעָ֣ה בְעֶלְיֹֽון׃ |
12 Lo! these, are the lawless, Who are secure for an age, They have attained unto wealth.
| הִנֵּה־אֵ֥לֶּה רְשָׁעִ֑ים וְשַׁלְוֵ֥י עֹ֝ולָ֗ם הִשְׂגּוּ־חָֽיִל׃ |
13 Altogether in vain, Have I cleansed my heart, And bathed in pureness, my hands;
| אַךְ־רִ֭יק זִכִּ֣יתִי לְבָבִ֑י וָאֶרְחַ֖ץ בְּנִקָּיֹ֣ון כַּפָּֽי׃ |
14 And yet been smitten all the day, And been rebuked morning by morning!
| וָאֱהִ֣י נָ֭גוּעַ כָּל־הַיֹּ֑ום וְ֝תֹוכַחְתִּ֗י לַבְּקָרִֽים׃ |
15 If I had thought, I will relate it thus, Lo! the circle of thy sons, had I betrayed.
| אִם־אָ֭מַרְתִּי אֲסַפְּרָ֥ה כְמֹ֑ו הִנֵּ֤ה דֹ֭ור בָּנֶ֣יךָ בָגָֽדְתִּי׃ |
16 When I reasoned, that I might understand this, A vexation, it was in mine eyes:
| וָֽ֭אֲחַשְּׁבָה לָדַ֣עַת זֹ֑את עָמָ֖ל הִיא (ה֣וּא) בְעֵינָֽי׃ |
17 Until I could enter the holy places of God, —Could give heed to their hereafter: —
| עַד־אָ֭בֹוא אֶל־מִקְדְּשֵׁי־אֵ֑ל אָ֝בִ֗ינָה לְאַחֲרִיתָֽם׃ |
18 Surely, in slippery places, dost thou set them, —Thou hast suffered them to fall into places of danger.
| אַ֣ךְ בַּ֭חֲלָקֹות תָּשִׁ֣ית לָ֑מֹו הִ֝פַּלְתָּ֗ם לְמַשּׁוּאֹֽות׃ |
19 How have they become desolate, as in a moment! They have ceased—come to an end, by reason of calamities.
| אֵ֤יךְ הָי֣וּ לְשַׁמָּ֣ה כְרָ֑גַע סָ֥פוּ תַ֝֗מּוּ מִן־בַּלָּהֹֽות׃ |
20 As the dream of him that waketh, O my Lord! when rousing thyself up, their shadowy being, wilt thou despise.
| כַּחֲלֹ֥ום מֵהָקִ֑יץ אֲ֝דֹנָי בָּעִ֤יר ׀ צַלְמָ֬ם תִּבְזֶֽה׃ |
21 But my heart had grown embittered, And, in my reins, had I received wounds;
| כִּ֭י יִתְחַמֵּ֣ץ לְבָבִ֑י וְ֝כִלְיֹותַ֗י אֶשְׁתֹּונָֽן׃ |
22 But, I, was brutish, and could not perceive, Like the beasts, had I become before thee.
| וַאֲנִי־בַ֭עַר וְלֹ֣א אֵדָ֑ע בְּ֝הֵמֹ֗ות הָיִ֥יתִי עִמָּֽךְ׃ |
23 Nevertheless, I, am continually before thee, Thou hast taken hold of my right hand;
| וַאֲנִ֣י תָמִ֣יד עִמָּ֑ךְ אָ֝חַ֗זְתָּ בְּיַד־יְמִינִֽי׃ |
24 By thy counsel, wilt thou guide me, And, afterwards, unto glory, wilt thou take me.
| בַּעֲצָתְךָ֥ תַנְחֵ֑נִי וְ֝אַחַ֗ר כָּבֹ֥וד תִּקָּחֵֽנִי׃ |
25 Whom have I in the heavens? And, compared with thee, there is nothing I desire on earth.
| מִי־לִ֥י בַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְ֝עִמְּךָ֗ לֹא־חָפַ֥צְתִּי בָאָֽרֶץ׃ |
26 Failed have my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart—and my portion, is God unto times age-abiding.
| כָּלָ֥ה שְׁאֵרִ֗י וּלְבָ֫בִ֥י צוּר־לְבָבִ֥י וְחֶלְקִ֗י אֱלֹהִ֥ים לְעֹולָֽם׃ |
27 For lo! they who are far from thee, shall perish, Thou hast put an end to every one who wandered unchastely from thee.
| כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֣ה רְחֵקֶ֣יךָ יֹאבֵ֑דוּ הִ֝צְמַ֗תָּה כָּל־זֹונֶ֥ה מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ |
28 But, as for me, the drawing near of God, is my blessedness, —I have made, of My Lord Yahweh, my refuge, —That I may recount all thy works.
| וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ קִֽרֲבַ֥ת אֱלֹהִ֗ים לִ֫י־טֹ֥וב שַׁתִּ֤י ׀ בַּאדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֣ה מַחְסִ֑י לְ֝סַפֵּ֗ר כָּל־מַלְאֲכֹותֶֽיךָ׃ |
