תהילים 73
| מִזְמוֹר לְאָסָף אַךְ טוֹב לְיִשְׂרָאֵל אֱלֹהִים לְבָרֵי לֵבָֽב׃ | 1 |
“BOOK III. A psalm of Asaph.” Truly God is good to Israel, —To those who are pure in heart.
| וַאֲנִי כִּמְעַט (נטוי) [נָטָיוּ] רַגְלָי כְּאַיִן (שפכה) [שֻׁפְּכוּ] אֲשֻׁרָֽי׃ | 2 |
Yet my feet almost gave way; My steps had well nigh slipped:
| כִּֽי־קִנֵּאתִי בַּהוֹלְלִים שְׁלוֹם רְשָׁעִים אֶרְאֶֽה׃ | 3 |
For I was envious of the proud, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
| כִּי אֵין חַרְצֻבּוֹת לְמוֹתָם וּבָרִיא אוּלָֽם׃ | 4 |
For they have no pains even to their death; Their bodies are in full health.
| בַּעֲמַל אֱנוֹשׁ אֵינֵמוֹ וְעִם־אָדָם לֹא יְנֻגָּֽעוּ׃ | 5 |
They have not the woes of other men, Neither are they smitten like other men.
| לָכֵן עֲנָקַתְמוֹ גַאֲוָה יַעֲטָף־שִׁית חָמָס לָֽמוֹ׃ | 6 |
Therefore pride encircleth their neck as a collar; Violence covereth them as a garment.
| יָצָא מֵחֵלֶב עֵינֵמוֹ עָבְרוּ מַשְׂכִּיּוֹת לֵבָֽב׃ | 7 |
From their bosom issueth their iniquity; The designs of their hearts burst forth.
| יָמִיקוּ ׀ וִידַבְּרוּ בְרָע עֹשֶׁק מִמָּרוֹם יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃ | 8 |
They mock, and speak of malicious oppression; Their words are haughty;
| שַׁתּוּ בַשָּׁמַיִם פִּיהֶם וּלְשׁוֹנָם תִּהֲלַךְ בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ | 9 |
They stretch forth their mouth to the heavens, And their tongue goeth through the earth;
| לָכֵן ׀ (ישיב) [יָשׁוּב] עַמּוֹ הֲלֹם וּמֵי מָלֵא יִמָּצוּ לָֽמוֹ׃ | 10 |
Therefore his people walk in their ways, And there drink from full fountains.
| וְֽאָמְרוּ אֵיכָה יָדַֽע־אֵל וְיֵשׁ דֵּעָה בְעֶלְיֽוֹן׃ | 11 |
And they say, “How doth God know? How can there be knowledge with the Most High?”
| הִנֵּה־אֵלֶּה רְשָׁעִים וְשַׁלְוֵי עוֹלָם הִשְׂגּוּ־חָֽיִל׃ | 12 |
Behold these are the ungodly! Yet they are ever prosperous; they heap up riches.
| אַךְ־רִיק זִכִּיתִי לְבָבִי וָאֶרְחַץ בְּנִקָּיוֹן כַּפָּֽי׃ | 13 |
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain; In vain have I washed my hands in innocence.
| וָאֱהִי נָגוּעַ כׇּל־הַיּוֹם וְתוֹכַחְתִּי לַבְּקָרִֽים׃ | 14 |
For every day have I been smitten; Every morn have I been chastened.
| אִם־אָמַרְתִּי אֲסַפְּרָה כְמוֹ הִנֵּה דוֹר בָּנֶיךָ בָגָֽדְתִּי׃ | 15 |
If I should resolve to speak like them, Surely I should be treacherous to the family of thy children.
| וָאֲחַשְּׁבָה לָדַעַת זֹאת עָמָל (היא) [הוּא] בְעֵינָֽי׃ | 16 |
So, when I studied to know this, It was painful to my eyes;
| עַד־אָבוֹא אֶל־מִקְדְּשֵׁי־אֵל אָבִינָה לְאַחֲרִיתָֽם׃ | 17 |
Until I went into the sanctuaries of God, And considered what was their end.
| אַךְ בַּחֲלָקוֹת תָּשִׁית לָמוֹ הִפַּלְתָּם לְמַשּׁוּאֽוֹת׃ | 18 |
Behold! thou hast set them on slippery places; Thou castest them down into unseen pits.
| אֵיךְ הָיוּ לְשַׁמָּה כְרָגַע סָפוּ תַמּוּ מִן־בַּלָּהֽוֹת׃ | 19 |
How are they brought to desolation in a moment, And utterly consumed with sudden destruction!
| כַּחֲלוֹם מֵהָקִיץ אֲדֹנָי בָּעִיר ׀ צַלְמָם תִּבְזֶֽה׃ | 20 |
As a dream when one awaketh, Thou, O Lord! when thou awakest, wilt make their vain show a derision.
| כִּי יִתְחַמֵּץ לְבָבִי וְכִלְיוֹתַי אֶשְׁתּוֹנָֽן׃ | 21 |
When my heart was vexed And I was pierced in my reins,
| וַאֲנִי־בַעַר וְלֹא אֵדָע בְּהֵמוֹת הָיִיתִי עִמָּֽךְ׃ | 22 |
Then was I stupid and without understanding; I was like one of the brutes before thee.
| וַאֲנִי תָמִיד עִמָּךְ אָחַזְתָּ בְּיַד־יְמִינִֽי׃ | 23 |
Yet am I ever under thy care; By my right hand thou dost hold me up.
| בַּעֲצָתְךָ תַנְחֵנִי וְאַחַר כָּבוֹד תִּקָּחֵֽנִי׃ | 24 |
Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And at last receive me in glory.
| מִי־לִי בַשָּׁמָיִם וְעִמְּךָ לֹֽא־חָפַצְתִּי בָאָֽרֶץ׃ | 25 |
Whom have I in heaven but thee, And whom on earth do I love in comparison with thee?
| כָּלָה שְׁאֵרִי וּלְבָבִי צוּר־לְבָבִי וְחֶלְקִי אֱלֹהִים לְעוֹלָֽם׃ | 26 |
Though my flesh and my heart fail, God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
| כִּֽי־הִנֵּה רְחֵקֶיךָ יֹאבֵדוּ הִצְמַתָּה כׇּל־זוֹנֶה מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ | 27 |
For, lo! they who are far from thee perish; Thou destroyest all who estrange themselves from thee.
| וַאֲנִי ׀ קִרְבַת אֱלֹהִים לִי ־ טוֹב שַׁתִּי ׀ בַּאדֹנָי יֱהֹוִה מַחְסִי לְסַפֵּר כׇּל־מַלְאֲכוֹתֶֽיךָ׃ | 28 |
But it is good for me to draw near to God; I put my trust in the Lord Jehovah, That I may declare all thy works.
