Psalms 78
1 An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.
| משכיל לאסף האזינה עמי תורתי הטו אזנכם לאמרי-פי |
2 I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,
| אפתחה במשל פי אביעה חידות מני-קדם |
3 That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us.
| אשר שמענו ונדעם ואבותינו ספרו-לנו |
4 We do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done.
| לא נכחד מבניהם-- לדור אחרון מספרים תהלות יהוה ועזוזו ונפלאתיו אשר עשה |
5 And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons.
| ויקם עדות ביעקב ותורה שם בישראל אשר צוה את-אבותינו-- להודיעם לבניהם |
6 So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,
| למען ידעו דור אחרון--בנים יולדו יקמו ויספרו לבניהם |
7 And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But keep His commands.
| וישימו באלהים כסלם ולא ישכחו מעללי-אל ומצותיו ינצרו |
8 And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God [is] its spirit.
| ולא יהיו כאבותם-- דור סורר ומרה דור לא-הכין לבו ולא-נאמנה את-אל רוחו |
9 Sons of Ephraim — armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict.
| בני-אפרים נושקי רומי-קשת הפכו ביום קרב |
10 They have not kept the covenant of God, And in His law they have refused to walk,
| לא שמרו ברית אלהים ובתורתו מאנו ללכת |
11 And they forget His doings, And His wonders that He shewed them.
| וישכחו עלילותיו ונפלאותיו אשר הראם |
12 Before their fathers He hath done wonders, In the land of Egypt — the field of Zoan.
| נגד אבותם עשה פלא בארץ מצרים שדה-צען |
13 He cleft a sea, and causeth them to pass over, Yea, He causeth waters to stand as a heap.
| בקע ים ויעבירם ויצב-מים כמו-נד |
14 And leadeth them with a cloud by day, And all the night with a light of fire.
| וינחם בענן יומם וכל-הלילה באור אש |
15 He cleaveth rocks in a wilderness, And giveth drink — as the great deep.
| יבקע צרים במדבר וישק כתהמות רבה |
16 And bringeth out streams from a rock, And causeth waters to come down as rivers.
| ויוצא נוזלים מסלע ויורד כנהרות מים |
17 And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place.
| ויוסיפו עוד לחטא-לו-- למרות עליון בציה |
18 And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.
| וינסו-אל בלבבם-- לשאל-אכל לנפשם |
19 And they speak against God — they said: 'Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?'
| וידברו באלהים אמרו היוכל אל--לערך שלחן במדבר |
20 Lo, He hath smitten a rock, And waters flow, yea, streams overflow. 'Also — bread [is] He able to give? Doth He prepare flesh for His people?'
| הן הכה-צור ויזובו מים-- ונחלים ישטפו הגם-לחם יוכל תת אם-יכין שאר לעמו |
21 Therefore hath Jehovah heard, And He sheweth Himself wroth, And fire hath been kindled against Jacob, And anger also hath gone up against Israel,
| לכן שמע יהוה-- ויתעבר ואש נשקה ביעקב וגם-אף עלה בישראל |
22 For they have not believed in God, Nor have they trusted in His salvation.
| כי לא האמינו באלהים ולא בטחו בישועתו |
23 And He commandeth clouds from above, Yea, doors of the heavens He hath opened.
| ויצו שחקים ממעל ודלתי שמים פתח |
24 And He raineth on them manna to eat, Yea, corn of heaven He hath given to them.
| וימטר עליהם מן לאכל ודגן-שמים נתן למו |
25 Food of the mighty hath each eaten, Venison He sent to them to satiety.
| לחם אבירים אכל איש צידה שלח להם לשבע |
26 He causeth an east wind to journey in the heavens, And leadeth by His strength a south wind,
| יסע קדים בשמים וינהג בעזו תימן |
27 And He raineth on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas — winged fowl,
| וימטר עליהם כעפר שאר וכחול ימים עוף כנף |
28 And causeth [it] to fall in the midst of His camp, Round about His tabernacles.
| ויפל בקרב מחנהו סביב למשכנתיו |
29 And they eat, and are greatly satisfied, And their desire He bringeth to them.
| ויאכלו וישבעו מאד ותאותם יבא להם |
30 They have not been estranged from their desire, Yet [is] their food in their mouth,
| לא-זרו מתאותם עוד אכלם בפיהם |
31 And the anger of God hath gone up against them, And He slayeth among their fat ones, And youths of Israel He caused to bend.
| ואף אלהים עלה בהם ויהרג במשמניהם ובחורי ישראל הכריע |
32 With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders.
| בכל-זאת חטאו-עוד ולא-האמינו בנפלאותיו |
33 And He consumeth in vanity their days, And their years in trouble.
| ויכל-בהבל ימיהם ושנותם בבהלה |
34 If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly,
| אם-הרגם ודרשוהו ושבו ושחרו-אל |
35 And they remember that God [is] their rock, And God Most High their redeemer.
| ויזכרו כי-אלהים צורם ואל עליון גאלם |
36 And — they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him,
| ויפתוהו בפיהם ובלשונם יכזבו-לו |
37 And their heart hath not been right with Him, And they have not been stedfast in His covenant.
| ולבם לא-נכון עמו ולא נאמנו בבריתו |
38 And He — the Merciful One, Pardoneth iniquity, and destroyeth not, And hath often turned back His anger, And waketh not up all His fury.
| והוא רחום יכפר עון-- ולא-ישחית והרבה להשיב אפו ולא-יעיר כל-חמתו |
39 And He remembereth that they [are] flesh, A wind going on — and it returneth not.
| ויזכר כי-בשר המה רוח הולך ולא ישוב |
40 How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?
| כמה ימרוהו במדבר יעציבוהו בישימון |
41 Yea, they turn back, and try God, And the Holy One of Israel have limited.
| וישובו וינסו אל וקדוש ישראל התוו |
42 They have not remembered His hand The day He ransomed them from the adversary.
| לא-זכרו את-ידו יום אשר-פדם מני-צר |
43 When He set His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan,
| אשר-שם במצרים אתותיו ומופתיו בשדה-צען |
44 And He turneth to blood their streams, And their floods they drink not.
| ויהפך לדם יאריהם ונזליהם בל-ישתיון |
45 He sendeth among them the beetle, and it consumeth them, And the frog, and it destroyeth them,
| ישלח בהם ערב ויאכלם וצפרדע ותשחיתם |
46 And giveth to the caterpillar their increase, And their labour to the locust.
| ויתן לחסיל יבולם ויגיעם לארבה |
47 He destroyeth with hail their vine, And their sycamores with frost,
| יהרג בברד גפנם ושקמותם בחנמל |
48 And delivereth up to the hail their beasts, And their cattle to the burning flames.
| ויסגר לברד בעירם ומקניהם לרשפים |
49 He sendeth on them the fury of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and distress — A discharge of evil messengers.
| ישלח-בם חרון אפו--עברה וזעם וצרה משלחת מלאכי רעים |
50 He pondereth a path for His anger, He kept not back their soul from death, Yea, their life to the pestilence He delivered up.
| יפלס נתיב לאפו לא-חשך ממות נפשם וחיתם לדבר הסגיר |
51 And He smiteth every first-born in Egypt, The first-fruit of the strong in tents of Ham.
| ויך כל-בכור במצרים ראשית אונים באהלי-חם |
52 And causeth His people to journey as a flock, And guideth them as a drove in a wilderness,
| ויסע כצאן עמו וינהגם כעדר במדבר |
53 And He leadeth them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And their enemies hath the sea covered.
| וינחם לבטח ולא פחדו ואת-אויביהם כסה הים |
54 And He bringeth them in unto the border of His sanctuary, This mountain His right hand had got,
| ויביאם אל-גבול קדשו הר-זה קנתה ימינו |
55 And casteth out nations from before them, And causeth them to fall in the line of inheritance, And causeth the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents,
| ויגרש מפניהם גוים-- ויפילם בחבל נחלה וישכן באהליהם שבטי ישראל |
56 And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept.
| וינסו וימרו את-אלהים עליון ועדותיו לא שמרו |
57 And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,
| ויסגו ויבגדו כאבותם נהפכו כקשת רמיה |
58 And make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous,
| ויכעיסוהו בבמותם ובפסיליהם יקניאוהו |
59 God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel.
| שמע אלהים ויתעבר וימאס מאד בישראל |
60 And He leaveth the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,
| ויטש משכן שלו אהל שכן באדם |
61 And He giveth His strength to captivity, And His beauty into the hand of an adversary,
| ויתן לשבי עזו ותפארתו ביד-צר |
62 And delivereth up to the sword His people, And with His inheritance shewed Himself angry.
| ויסגר לחרב עמו ובנחלתו התעבר |
63 His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised.
| בחוריו אכלה-אש ובתולתיו לא הוללו |
64 His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.
| כהניו בחרב נפלו ואלמנתיו לא תבכינה |
65 And the Lord waketh as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine.
| ויקץ כישן אדני כגבור מתרונן מיין |
66 And He smiteth His adversaries backward, A reproach age-during He hath put on them,
| ויך-צריו אחור חרפת עולם נתן למו |
67 And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph, And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed.
| וימאס באהל יוסף ובשבט אפרים לא בחר |
68 And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved,
| ויבחר את-שבט יהודה את-הר ציון אשר אהב |
69 And buildeth His sanctuary as a high place, Like the earth, He founded it to the age.
| ויבן כמו-רמים מקדשו כארץ יסדה לעולם |
70 And He fixeth on David His servant, And taketh him from the folds of a flock,
| ויבחר בדוד עבדו ויקחהו ממכלאת צאן |
71 From behind suckling ones He hath brought him in, To rule over Jacob His people, And over Israel His inheritance.
| מאחר עלות הביאו לרעות ביעקב עמו ובישראל נחלתו |
72 And he ruleth them according to the integrity of his heart, And by the skilfulness of his hands leadeth them!
| וירעם כתם לבבו ובתבונות כפיו ינחם |
