תהילים 73

1 מִזְמוֹר לְאָסָף אַךְ טוֹב לְיִשְׂרָאֵל אֱלֹהִים לְבָרֵי לֵבָֽב׃

A Psalm for Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to the upright in heart!

2 וַאֲנִי כִּמְעַט (נטוי) [נָטָיוּ] רַגְלָי כְּאַיִן (שפכה) [שֻׁפְּכוּ] אֲשֻׁרָֽי׃

But my feet were almost overthrown; my goings very nearly slipped.

3 כִּֽי־קִנֵּאתִי בַּהוֹלְלִים שְׁלוֹם רְשָׁעִים אֶרְאֶֽה׃

For I was jealous of the transgressors, beholding the tranquility of sinners.

4 כִּי אֵין חַרְצֻבּוֹת לְמוֹתָם וּבָרִיא אוּלָֽם׃

For there is no sign of reluctance in their death: and [they have] firmness under their affliction.

5 בַּעֲמַל אֱנוֹשׁ אֵינֵמוֹ וְעִם־אָדָם לֹא יְנֻגָּֽעוּ׃

They are not in the troubles of [other] men; and they shall not be scourged with [other] men.

6 לָכֵן עֲנָקַתְמוֹ גַאֲוָה יַעֲטָף־שִׁית חָמָס לָֽמוֹ׃

Therefore pride has possessed them; they have clothed themselves with their injustice and ungodliness.

7 יָצָא מֵחֵלֶב עֵינֵמוֹ עָבְרוּ מַשְׂכִּיּוֹת לֵבָֽב׃

Their injustice shall go forth as out of fatness: they have fulfilled their intention.

8 יָמִיקוּ ׀ וִידַבְּרוּ בְרָע עֹשֶׁק מִמָּרוֹם יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃

They have taken counsel and spoken in wickedness: they have uttered unrighteousness loftily.

9 שַׁתּוּ בַשָּׁמַיִם פִּיהֶם וּלְשׁוֹנָם תִּהֲלַךְ בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has gone through upon the earth.

10 לָכֵן ׀ (ישיב) [יָשׁוּב] עַמּוֹ הֲלֹם וּמֵי מָלֵא יִמָּצוּ לָֽמוֹ׃

Therefore shall my people return hither: and full days shall be found with them.

11 וְֽאָמְרוּ אֵיכָה יָדַֽע־אֵל וְיֵשׁ דֵּעָה בְעֶלְיֽוֹן׃

And they said, How does God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?

12 הִנֵּה־אֵלֶּה רְשָׁעִים וְשַׁלְוֵי עוֹלָם הִשְׂגּוּ־חָֽיִל׃

Behold, these [are] the sinners, and they that prosper always: they have possessed wealth.

13 אַךְ־רִיק זִכִּיתִי לְבָבִי וָאֶרְחַץ בְּנִקָּיוֹן כַּפָּֽי׃

And I said, Verily in vain have I justified my heart, and washed my hands in innocency.

14 וָאֱהִי נָגוּעַ כׇּל־הַיּוֹם וְתוֹכַחְתִּי לַבְּקָרִֽים׃

For I was plagued all the day, and my reproof [was] every morning.

15 אִם־אָמַרְתִּי אֲסַפְּרָה כְמוֹ הִנֵּה דוֹר בָּנֶיךָ בָגָֽדְתִּי׃

If I said, I will speak thus; behold, I [should] have broken covenant with the generation of thy children.

16 וָאֲחַשְּׁבָה לָדַעַת זֹאת עָמָל (היא) [הוּא] בְעֵינָֽי׃

And I undertook to understand this, [but] it is too hard for me,

17 עַד־אָבוֹא אֶל־מִקְדְּשֵׁי־אֵל אָבִינָה לְאַחֲרִיתָֽם׃

until I go into the sanctuary of God; [and so] understand the latter end.

18 אַךְ בַּחֲלָקוֹת תָּשִׁית לָמוֹ הִפַּלְתָּם לְמַשּׁוּאֽוֹת׃

Surely thou hast appointed [judgments] to them because of their crafty dealings: thou hast cast them down when they were lifted up.

19 אֵיךְ הָיוּ לְשַׁמָּה כְרָגַע סָפוּ תַמּוּ מִן־בַּלָּהֽוֹת׃

How have they become desolate! suddenly they have failed: they have perished because of their iniquity.

20 כַּחֲלוֹם מֵהָקִיץ אֲדֹנָי בָּעִיר ׀ צַלְמָם תִּבְזֶֽה׃

As the dream of one awakening, O Lord, in thy city thou wilt despise their image.

21 כִּי יִתְחַמֵּץ לְבָבִי וְכִלְיוֹתַי אֶשְׁתּוֹנָֽן׃

For my heart has rejoiced, and my reins have been gladdened.

22 וַאֲנִי־בַעַר וְלֹא אֵדָע בְּהֵמוֹת הָיִיתִי עִמָּֽךְ׃

But I [was] vile and knew not: I became brutish before thee.

23 וַאֲנִי תָמִיד עִמָּךְ אָחַזְתָּ בְּיַד־יְמִינִֽי׃

Yet I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand.

24 בַּעֲצָתְךָ תַנְחֵנִי וְאַחַר כָּבוֹד תִּקָּחֵֽנִי׃

Thou hast guided me by thy counsel, and thou hast taken me to thyself with glory.

25 מִי־לִי בַשָּׁמָיִם וְעִמְּךָ לֹֽא־חָפַצְתִּי בָאָֽרֶץ׃

For what have I in heaven [but thee]? and what have I desired upon the earth beside thee?

26 כָּלָה שְׁאֵרִי וּלְבָבִי צוּר־לְבָבִי וְחֶלְקִי אֱלֹהִים לְעוֹלָֽם׃

My heart and my flesh have failed: [but] God [is the strength] of my heart, and God is my portion for ever.

27 כִּֽי־הִנֵּה רְחֵקֶיךָ יֹאבֵדוּ הִצְמַתָּה כׇּל־זוֹנֶה מִמֶּֽךָּ׃

For, behold, they that remove themselves far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed every one that goes a whoring from thee.

28 וַאֲנִי ׀ קִרְבַת אֱלֹהִים לִי ־ טוֹב שַׁתִּי ׀ בַּאדֹנָי יֱהֹוִה מַחְסִי לְסַפֵּר כׇּל־מַלְאֲכוֹתֶֽיךָ׃

But it is good for me to cleave close to God, to put my trust in the Lord; that I may proclaim all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.