תהילים 73

1 מִזְמוֹר לְאָסָף אַךְ טוֹב לְיִשְׂרָאֵל אֱלֹהִים לְבָרֵי לֵבָֽב׃

A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a pure heart.

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

But as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped;

3 כִּֽי־קִנֵּאתִי בַּהוֹלְלִים שְׁלוֹם רְשָׁעִים אֶרְאֶֽה׃

For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked.

4 כִּי אֵין חַרְצֻבּוֹת לְמוֹתָם וּבָרִיא אוּלָֽם׃

For they have no pangs in their death, and their body is well nourished;

5 בַּעֲמַל אֱנוֹשׁ אֵינֵמוֹ וְעִם־אָדָם לֹא יְנֻגָּֽעוּ׃

They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like [other] men:

6 לָכֵן עֲנָקַתְמוֹ גַאֲוָה יַעֲטָף־שִׁית חָמָס לָֽמוֹ׃

Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them [as] a garment;

7 יָצָא מֵחֵלֶב עֵינֵמוֹ עָבְרוּ מַשְׂכִּיּוֹת לֵבָֽב׃

Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:

8 יָמִיקוּ ׀ וִידַבְּרוּ בְרָע עֹשֶׁק מִמָּרוֹם יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃

They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:

9 שַׁתּוּ בַשָּׁמַיִם פִּיהֶם וּלְשׁוֹנָם תִּהֲלַךְ בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

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

Therefore his people turn hither, and waters in fulness are wrung out to them.

11 וְֽאָמְרוּ אֵיכָה יָדַֽע־אֵל וְיֵשׁ דֵּעָה בְעֶלְיֽוֹן׃

And they say, How can God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High?

12 הִנֵּה־אֵלֶּה רְשָׁעִים וְשַׁלְוֵי עוֹלָם הִשְׂגּוּ־חָֽיִל׃

Behold, these are the wicked, and they prosper in the world: they heap up riches.

13 אַךְ־רִיק זִכִּיתִי לְבָבִי וָאֶרְחַץ בְּנִקָּיוֹן כַּפָּֽי׃

Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:

14 וָאֱהִי נָגוּעַ כׇּל־הַיּוֹם וְתוֹכַחְתִּי לַבְּקָרִֽים׃

For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

15 אִם־אָמַרְתִּי אֲסַפְּרָה כְמוֹ הִנֵּה דוֹר בָּנֶיךָ בָגָֽדְתִּי׃

If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children.

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

When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;

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

Until I went into the sanctuaries of God; [then] understood I their end.

18 אַךְ בַּחֲלָקוֹת תָּשִׁית לָמוֹ הִפַּלְתָּם לְמַשּׁוּאֽוֹת׃

Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.

19 אֵיךְ הָיוּ לְשַׁמָּה כְרָגַע סָפוּ תַמּוּ מִן־בַּלָּהֽוֹת׃

How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.

20 כַּחֲלוֹם מֵהָקִיץ אֲדֹנָי בָּעִיר ׀ צַלְמָם תִּבְזֶֽה׃

As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image.

21 כִּי יִתְחַמֵּץ לְבָבִי וְכִלְיוֹתַי אֶשְׁתּוֹנָֽן׃

When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,

22 וַאֲנִי־בַעַר וְלֹא אֵדָע בְּהֵמוֹת הָיִיתִי עִמָּֽךְ׃

Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was [as] a beast with thee.

23 וַאֲנִי תָמִיד עִמָּךְ אָחַזְתָּ בְּיַד־יְמִינִֽי׃

Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand;

24 בַּעֲצָתְךָ תַנְחֵנִי וְאַחַר כָּבוֹד תִּקָּחֵֽנִי׃

Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and after the glory, thou wilt receive me.

25 מִי־לִי בַשָּׁמָיִם וְעִמְּךָ לֹֽא־חָפַצְתִּי בָאָֽרֶץ׃

Whom have I in the heavens? and there is none upon earth I desire beside thee.

26 כָּלָה שְׁאֵרִי וּלְבָבִי צוּר־לְבָבִי וְחֶלְקִי אֱלֹהִים לְעוֹלָֽם׃

My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.

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

For behold, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou destroyest every one that goeth a whoring from thee.

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

But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord Jehovah, that I may declare all thy works.