< תהילים 73 >
מִזְמוֹר לְאָסָף אַךְ טוֹב לְיִשְׂרָאֵל אֱלֹהִים לְבָרֵי לֵבָֽב׃ | 1 |
BOOK III A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, even to such as are pure in heart.
וַאֲנִי כִּמְעַט (נטוי) [נָטָיוּ] רַגְלָי כְּאַיִן (שפכה) [שֻׁפְּכוּ] אֲשֻׁרָֽי׃ | 2 |
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
כִּֽי־קִנֵּאתִי בַּהוֹלְלִים שְׁלוֹם רְשָׁעִים אֶרְאֶֽה׃ | 3 |
For I was envious at the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
כִּי אֵין חַרְצֻבּוֹת לְמוֹתָם וּבָרִיא אוּלָֽם׃ | 4 |
For there are no pangs at their death, and their body is sound.
בַּעֲמַל אֱנוֹשׁ אֵינֵמוֹ וְעִם־אָדָם לֹא יְנֻגָּֽעוּ׃ | 5 |
In the trouble of man they are not; neither are they plagued like men.
לָכֵן עֲנָקַתְמוֹ גַאֲוָה יַעֲטָף־שִׁית חָמָס לָֽמוֹ׃ | 6 |
Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.
יָצָא מֵחֵלֶב עֵינֵמוֹ עָבְרוּ מַשְׂכִּיּוֹת לֵבָֽב׃ | 7 |
Their eyes stand forth from fatness; they are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart.
יָמִיקוּ ׀ וִידַבְּרוּ בְרָע עֹשֶׁק מִמָּרוֹם יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃ | 8 |
They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression; they speak as if there were none on high.
שַׁתּוּ בַשָּׁמַיִם פִּיהֶם וּלְשׁוֹנָם תִּהֲלַךְ בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ | 9 |
They have set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
לָכֵן ׀ (ישיב) [יָשׁוּב] עַמּוֹ הֲלֹם וּמֵי מָלֵא יִמָּצוּ לָֽמוֹ׃ | 10 |
Therefore His people return hither; and waters of fullness are drained out by them.
וְֽאָמְרוּ אֵיכָה יָדַֽע־אֵל וְיֵשׁ דֵּעָה בְעֶלְיֽוֹן׃ | 11 |
And they say: 'How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'
הִנֵּה־אֵלֶּה רְשָׁעִים וְשַׁלְוֵי עוֹלָם הִשְׂגּוּ־חָֽיִל׃ | 12 |
Behold, such are the wicked; and they that are always at ease increase riches.
אַךְ־רִיק זִכִּיתִי לְבָבִי וָאֶרְחַץ בְּנִקָּיוֹן כַּפָּֽי׃ | 13 |
Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocency;
וָאֱהִי נָגוּעַ כׇּל־הַיּוֹם וְתוֹכַחְתִּי לַבְּקָרִֽים׃ | 14 |
For all the day have I been plagued, and my chastisement came every morning.
אִם־אָמַרְתִּי אֲסַפְּרָה כְמוֹ הִנֵּה דוֹר בָּנֶיךָ בָגָֽדְתִּי׃ | 15 |
If I had said: 'I will speak thus', behold, I had been faithless to the generation of Thy children.
וָאֲחַשְּׁבָה לָדַעַת זֹאת עָמָל (היא) [הוּא] בְעֵינָֽי׃ | 16 |
And when I pondered how I might know this, it was wearisome in mine eyes;
עַד־אָבוֹא אֶל־מִקְדְּשֵׁי־אֵל אָבִינָה לְאַחֲרִיתָֽם׃ | 17 |
Until I entered into the sanctuary of God, and considered their end.
אַךְ בַּחֲלָקוֹת תָּשִׁית לָמוֹ הִפַּלְתָּם לְמַשּׁוּאֽוֹת׃ | 18 |
Surely Thou settest them in slippery places; Thou hurlest them down to utter ruin.
אֵיךְ הָיוּ לְשַׁמָּה כְרָגַע סָפוּ תַמּוּ מִן־בַּלָּהֽוֹת׃ | 19 |
How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are wholly consumed by terrors.
כַּחֲלוֹם מֵהָקִיץ אֲדֹנָי בָּעִיר ׀ צַלְמָם תִּבְזֶֽה׃ | 20 |
As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance.
כִּי יִתְחַמֵּץ לְבָבִי וְכִלְיוֹתַי אֶשְׁתּוֹנָֽן׃ | 21 |
For my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins.
וַאֲנִי־בַעַר וְלֹא אֵדָע בְּהֵמוֹת הָיִיתִי עִמָּֽךְ׃ | 22 |
But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee.
וַאֲנִי תָמִיד עִמָּךְ אָחַזְתָּ בְּיַד־יְמִינִֽי׃ | 23 |
Nevertheless I am continually with Thee; Thou holdest my right hand.
בַּעֲצָתְךָ תַנְחֵנִי וְאַחַר כָּבוֹד תִּקָּחֵֽנִי׃ | 24 |
Thou wilt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me with glory.
מִי־לִי בַשָּׁמָיִם וְעִמְּךָ לֹֽא־חָפַצְתִּי בָאָֽרֶץ׃ | 25 |
Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And beside Thee I desire none upon earth.
כָּלָה שְׁאֵרִי וּלְבָבִי צוּר־לְבָבִי וְחֶלְקִי אֱלֹהִים לְעוֹלָֽם׃ | 26 |
My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
כִּֽי־הִנֵּה רְחֵקֶיךָ יֹאבֵדוּ הִצְמַתָּה כׇּל־זוֹנֶה מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ | 27 |
For, lo, they that go far from Thee shall perish; Thou dost destroy all them that go astray from Thee.
וַאֲנִי ׀ קִרְבַת אֱלֹהִים לִי ־ טוֹב שַׁתִּי ׀ בַּאדֹנָי יֱהֹוִה מַחְסִי לְסַפֵּר כׇּל־מַלְאֲכוֹתֶֽיךָ׃ | 28 |
But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all Thy works.