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