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]
| משכיל לאסף למה אלהים זנחת לנצח יעשן אפך בצאן מרעיתך׃ |
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].
| זכר עדתך קנית קדם גאלת שבט נחלתך הר ציון זה שכנת בו׃ |
3 Walk along [and see] where everything has been totally ruined; our enemies have destroyed everything in the sacred temple.
| הרימה פעמיך למשאות נצח כל הרע אויב בקדש׃ |
4 Your enemies shouted triumphantly in this sacred place; they erected their banners [to show they had defeated us].
| שאגו צרריך בקרב מועדך שמו אותתם אתות׃ |
5 They cut down all the [engraved objects in the temple] like woodsmen cut down trees.
| יודע כמביא למעלה בסבך עץ קרדמות׃ |
6 Then they smashed all the carved wood with their axes and hammers.
| ועת פתוחיה יחד בכשיל וכילפת יהלמון׃ |
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.
| שלחו באש מקדשך לארץ חללו משכן שמך׃ |
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.
| אמרו בלבם נינם יחד שרפו כל מועדי אל בארץ׃ |
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].
| אותתינו לא ראינו אין עוד נביא ולא אתנו ידע עד מה׃ |
10 God, how long will our enemies make fun of you [RHQ]? Will they insult you [MTY] forever [RHQ]?
| עד מתי אלהים יחרף צר ינאץ אויב שמך לנצח׃ |
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]?
| למה תשיב ידך וימינך מקרב חוקך כלה׃ |
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].
| ואלהים מלכי מקדם פעל ישועות בקרב הארץ׃ |
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].
| אתה פוררת בעזך ים שברת ראשי תנינים על המים׃ |
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.
| אתה רצצת ראשי לויתן תתננו מאכל לעם לציים׃ |
15 You caused springs and streams to flow, and you [also] dried up rivers that had never dried up previously.
| אתה בקעת מעין ונחל אתה הובשת נהרות איתן׃ |
16 You created the days and the nights, and you put the sun and the moon in their places.
| לך יום אף לך לילה אתה הכינות מאור ושמש׃ |
17 You determined where the oceans end and the land begins, and you created the summer/hot season and the winter/cold season.
| אתה הצבת כל גבולות ארץ קיץ וחרף אתה יצרתם׃ |
18 Yahweh, do not forget that your enemies laugh at you, and that it is foolish people who despise you [MTY].
| זכר זאת אויב חרף יהוה ועם נבל נאצו שמך׃ |
19 Do not let your helpless people [MET] fall into the hands of their cruel enemies; do not forget your suffering/persecuted people.
| אל תתן לחית נפש תורך חית ענייך אל תשכח לנצח׃ |
20 Do not forget the agreement that you made with us; remember that there are violent people in every dark place on the earth.
| הבט לברית כי מלאו מחשכי ארץ נאות חמס׃ |
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].
| אל ישב דך נכלם עני ואביון יהללו שמך׃ |
22 God, arise and defend yourself [by defending your people]! Do not forget that foolish people laugh at you (all day long/continually)!
| קומה אלהים ריבה ריבך זכר חרפתך מני נבל כל היום׃ |
23 Do not forget that your enemies shout angrily [at you]; the uproar that they make [while they oppose you] never stops.
| אל תשכח קול צרריך שאון קמיך עלה תמיד׃ |
