Psalms 77
1 I cry out to God; I cry aloud to him, and he hears me.
| למנצח על ידיתון לאסף מזמור קולי אל אלהים ואצעקה קולי אל אלהים והאזין אלי׃ |
2 Whenever have trouble, I pray to the Lord; all during the night I lift up my hands while I pray, [but] nothing causes me to be comforted.
| ביום צרתי אדני דרשתי ידי לילה נגרה ולא תפוג מאנה הנחם נפשי׃ |
3 When I think about God, I (despair/think that he will never help me); when I meditate about him, I am discouraged.
| אזכרה אלהים ואהמיה אשיחה ותתעטף רוחי סלה׃ |
4 [All during the night] he prevents me from sleeping; I am very worried, with the result that I do not know what to say.
| אחזת שמרות עיני נפעמתי ולא אדבר׃ |
5 I think about days that have passed; I remember [what happened in] previous years.
| חשבתי ימים מקדם שנות עולמים׃ |
6 I spend the whole night thinking [about things]; I meditate, and this is what I ask myself:
| אזכרה נגינתי בלילה עם לבבי אשיחה ויחפש רוחי׃ |
7 “Will the Lord always reject us? Will he never again be pleased with us?
| הלעולמים יזנח אדני ולא יסיף לרצות עוד׃ |
8 Has he stopped faithfully loving us? Will he not do for us what he promised to do?
| האפס לנצח חסדו גמר אמר לדר ודר׃ |
9 God promised to be merciful to us; has he forgotten that? Because he is angry [with us], has he decided to not be kind to us?”
| השכח חנות אל אם קפץ באף רחמיו סלה׃ |
10 Then I said, “What causes me to be [very] sad is that [it seems that] God, who is greater than any other god, is no longer powerful.”
| ואמר חלותי היא שנות ימין עליון׃ |
11 [But then], Yahweh, I recall/remember your great deeds; I remember the wonderful things that you did in the past.
| אזכיר מעללי יה כי אזכרה מקדם פלאך׃ |
12 I meditate on all that you have done, and I think about your mighty acts.
| והגיתי בכל פעלך ובעלילותיך אשיחה׃ |
13 God, everything that you do is holy; there is certainly no god [RHQ] who is great like you are!
| אלהים בקדש דרכך מי אל גדול כאלהים׃ |
14 You are God, the one who performs miracles; you showed to people of many people-groups that you are powerful.
| אתה האל עשה פלא הודעת בעמים עזך׃ |
15 By your power [MTY] you rescued your people [from Egypt]; you saved those who were descendants of Jacob and [his son] Joseph.
| גאלת בזרוע עמך בני יעקב ויוסף סלה׃ |
16 [It was as though] the waters [of the Red Sea] saw you and became very afraid, and even the deepest part of the water shook.
| ראוך מים אלהים ראוך מים יחילו אף ירגזו תהמות׃ |
17 Rain poured down from the clouds [PRS]; it thundered [very loudly] [PRS], and lightning flashed in all directions.
| זרמו מים עבות קול נתנו שחקים אף חצציך יתהלכו׃ |
18 Thunder crashed in the whirlwind, and lightning (lit up/flashed across) the entire sky [HYP]; the earth shook violently [DOU].
| קול רעמך בגלגל האירו ברקים תבל רגזה ותרעש הארץ׃ |
19 [Then] you walked through the sea on a path that you made through the deep water, but your footprints could not be seen.
| בים דרכך ושביליך במים רבים ועקבותיך לא נדעו׃ |
20 You led your people like [a shepherd leads his] flock [of sheep], while Moses and Aaron were the leaders [of your people].
| נחית כצאן עמך ביד משה ואהרן׃ |
