Psalms 74
1 God, why have you abandoned/rejected us? Will you keep rejecting us forever [RHQ]? Why are you angry with us, since we are like sheep in your pasture [and you are like our shepherd]? [MET, RHQ]
| מַשְׂכִּ֗יל לְאָ֫סָ֥ף לָמָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים זָנַ֣חְתָּ לָנֶ֑צַח יֶעְשַׁ֥ן אַ֝פְּךָ֗ בְּצֹ֣אן מַרְעִיתֶֽךָ׃ |
2 Do not forget your people whom you chose long ago, the people whom you freed [from being slaves in Egypt] and caused to become your tribe. Do not forget Jerusalem, which was (your home/where you dwelt) [on this earth].
| זְכֹ֤ר עֲדָתְךָ֨ ׀ קָ֘נִ֤יתָ קֶּ֗דֶם גָּ֭אַלְתָּ שֵׁ֣בֶט נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ הַר־צִ֝יֹּ֗ון זֶ֤ה ׀ שָׁכַ֬נְתָּ בֹּֽו׃ |
3 Walk along [and see] where everything has been totally ruined; our enemies have destroyed everything in the sacred temple.
| הָרִ֣ימָה פְ֭עָמֶיךָ לְמַשֻּׁאֹ֣ות נֶ֑צַח כָּל־הֵרַ֖ע אֹויֵ֣ב בַּקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ |
4 Your enemies shouted triumphantly in this sacred place; they erected their banners [to show they had defeated us].
| שָׁאֲג֣וּ צֹ֭רְרֶיךָ בְּקֶ֣רֶב מֹועֲדֶ֑ךָ שָׂ֖מוּ אֹותֹתָ֣ם אֹתֹֽות׃ |
5 They cut down all the [engraved objects in the temple] like woodsmen cut down trees.
| יִ֭וָּדַע כְּמֵבִ֣יא לְמָ֑עְלָה בִּֽסֲבָךְ־עֵ֝֗ץ קַרְדֻּמֹּֽות׃ |
6 Then they smashed all the carved wood with their axes and hammers.
| וְעֵת (וְ֭עַתָּה) פִּתּוּחֶ֣יהָ יָּ֑חַד בְּכַשִּׁ֥יל וְ֝כֵֽילַפֹּ֗ת יַהֲלֹמֽוּן׃ |
7 [Then] they burned your temple to the ground; they caused that place where you were worshiped to be unfit for people to worship in.
| שִׁלְח֣וּ בָ֭אֵשׁ מִקְדָּשֶׁ֑ךָ לָ֝אָ֗רֶץ חִלְּל֥וּ מִֽשְׁכַּן־שְׁמֶֽךָ׃ |
8 They said to themselves, “We will destroy the Israelis completely,” and they [also] burned down all the other places where we gathered to worship God.
| אָמְר֣וּ בְ֭לִבָּם נִינָ֣ם יָ֑חַד שָׂרְפ֖וּ כָל־מֹועֲדֵי־אֵ֣ל בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ |
9 All our sacred symbols (OR, miracles) are gone; there are no prophets now/any more, and no one knows how long [this situation will continue].
| אֹֽותֹתֵ֗ינוּ לֹ֥א רָ֫אִ֥ינוּ אֵֽין־עֹ֥וד נָבִ֑יא וְלֹֽא־אִ֝תָּ֗נוּ יֹדֵ֥עַ עַד־מָֽה׃ |
10 God, how long will our enemies make fun of you [RHQ]? Will they insult you [MTY] forever [RHQ]?
| עַד־מָתַ֣י אֱ֭לֹהִים יְחָ֣רֶף צָ֑ר יְנָ֘אֵ֤ץ אֹויֵ֖ב שִׁמְךָ֣ לָנֶֽצַח׃ |
11 Why do you refuse to help [MTY, RHQ] us? Why do you keep your hand inside your cloak [instead of using it to destroy our enemies] [RHQ]?
| לָ֤מָּה תָשִׁ֣יב יָ֭דְךָ וִֽימִינֶ֑ךָ מִקֶּ֖רֶב חֹוקְךָ (חֽ͏ֵיקְךָ֣) כַלֵּֽה׃ |
12 God, you have been our king [all the time] since we came out of Egypt [HYP], and you have enabled us to defeat [our enemies] in the land [of Israel].
| וֵ֭אלֹהִים מַלְכִּ֣י מִקֶּ֑דֶם פֹּעֵ֥ל יְ֝שׁוּעֹ֗ות בְּקֶ֣רֶב הָאָֽרֶץ׃ |
13 By your power you caused the [Red] Sea to divide; [it was as though] you smashed the heads of the [rulers of Egypt who were like] huge sea dragons [MET].
| אַתָּ֤ה פֹורַ֣רְתָּ בְעָזְּךָ֣ יָ֑ם שִׁבַּ֖רְתָּ רָאשֵׁ֥י תַ֝נִּינִ֗ים עַל־הַמָּֽיִם׃ |
14 [It was as though] you crushed the head of the king of Egypt [MET] and gave his body to the animals in the desert to eat.
| אַתָּ֣ה רִ֭צַּצְתָּ רָאשֵׁ֣י לִוְיָתָ֑ן תִּתְּנֶ֥נּוּ מַ֝אֲכָ֗ל לְעָ֣ם לְצִיִּֽים׃ |
15 You caused springs and streams to flow, and you [also] dried up rivers that had never dried up previously.
| אַתָּ֣ה בָ֭קַעְתָּ מַעְיָ֣ן וָנָ֑חַל אַתָּ֥ה הֹ֝ובַ֗שְׁתָּ נַהֲרֹ֥ות אֵיתָֽן׃ |
16 You created the days and the nights, and you put the sun and the moon in their places.
| לְךָ֣ יֹ֭ום אַף־לְךָ֥ לָ֑יְלָה אַתָּ֥ה הֲ֝כִינֹ֗ותָ מָאֹ֥ור וָשָֽׁמֶשׁ׃ |
17 You determined where the oceans end and the land begins, and you created the summer/hot season and the winter/cold season.
| אַתָּ֣ה הִ֭צַּבְתָּ כָּל־גְּבוּלֹ֣ות אָ֑רֶץ קַ֥יִץ וָ֝חֹ֗רֶף אַתָּ֥ה יְצַרְתָּם׃ |
18 Yahweh, do not forget that your enemies laugh at you, and that it is foolish people who despise you [MTY].
| זְכָר־זֹ֗את אֹ֭ויֵב חֵרֵ֣ף ׀ יְהוָ֑ה וְעַ֥ם נָ֝בָ֗ל נִֽאֲצ֥וּ שְׁמֶֽךָ׃ |
19 Do not let your helpless people [MET] fall into the hands of their cruel enemies; do not forget your suffering/persecuted people.
| אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן לְ֭חַיַּת נֶ֣פֶשׁ תֹּורֶ֑ךָ חַיַּ֥ת עֲ֝נִיֶּ֗יךָ אַל־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח לָנֶֽצַח׃ |
20 Do not forget the agreement that you made with us; remember that there are violent people in every dark place on the earth.
| הַבֵּ֥ט לַבְּרִ֑ית כִּ֥י מָלְא֥וּ מַחֲשַׁכֵּי־אֶ֝֗רֶץ נְאֹ֣ות חָמָֽס׃ |
21 Do not allow your oppressed people to be disgraced; help those poor and needy people in order that they will [again] praise you [MTY].
| אַל־יָשֹׁ֣ב דַּ֣ךְ נִכְלָ֑ם עָנִ֥י וְ֝אֶבְיֹ֗ון יְֽהַלְל֥וּ שְׁמֶֽךָ׃ |
22 God, arise and defend yourself [by defending your people]! Do not forget that foolish people laugh at you (all day long/continually)!
| קוּמָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים רִיבָ֣ה רִיבֶ֑ךָ זְכֹ֥ר חֶרְפָּתְךָ֥ מִנִּי־נָ֝בָ֗ל כָּל־הַיֹּֽום׃ |
23 Do not forget that your enemies shout angrily [at you]; the uproar that they make [while they oppose you] never stops.
| אַל־תִּ֭שְׁכַּח קֹ֣ול צֹרְרֶ֑יךָ שְׁאֹ֥ון קָ֝מֶ֗יךָ עֹלֶ֥ה תָמִֽיד׃ |
