תהילים 78
| מַשְׂכִּיל לְאָסָף הַאֲזִינָה עַמִּי תּוֹרָתִי הַטּוּ אׇזְנְכֶם לְאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃ | 1 |
An Instructive Psalm. Asaph’s. Give ear, O my people, to mine instruction, Bend your ear to the sayings of my mouth;
| אֶפְתְּחָה בְמָשָׁל פִּי אַבִּיעָה חִידוֹת מִנִּי־קֶֽדֶם׃ | 2 |
I will open, in a parable, my mouth, I will pour forth enigmas out of antiquity; —
| אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְנוּ וַנֵּדָעֵם וַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ סִפְּרוּ־לָֽנוּ׃ | 3 |
Which we have heard, and come to know, And, our fathers, have recounted to us;
| לֹא נְכַחֵד ׀ מִבְּנֵיהֶם לְדוֹר אַחֲרוֹן מְֽסַפְּרִים תְּהִלּוֹת יְהֹוָה וֶעֱזוּזוֹ וְנִפְלְאֹתָיו אֲשֶׁר עָשָֽׂה׃ | 4 |
We will not withhold [them] from their children, To a later generation, recounting the praises of Yahweh, Even his might and his wonders which he wrought;
| וַיָּקֶם עֵדוּת ׀ בְּֽיַעֲקֹב וְתוֹרָה שָׂם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֶת־אֲבוֹתֵינוּ לְהוֹדִיעָם לִבְנֵיהֶֽם׃ | 5 |
When he set up a testimony in Jacob, And, a law, appointed in Israel, —Which he commanded our fathers, That they might make them known to their children;
| לְמַעַן יֵדְעוּ ׀ דּוֹר אַחֲרוֹן בָּנִים יִוָּלֵדוּ יָקֻמוּ וִיסַפְּרוּ לִבְנֵיהֶֽם׃ | 6 |
To the end, A later generation, might come to know, Children who should be born, Who should arise, and recount [them] to their children;
| וְיָשִׂימוּ בֵאלֹהִים כִּסְלָם וְלֹא יִשְׁכְּחוּ מַעַלְלֵי־אֵל וּמִצְוֺתָיו יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃ | 7 |
That they might set, in Elohim, their confidence, —And not forget the doings of El, But, his commandments, might observe;
| וְלֹא יִהְיוּ ׀ כַּאֲבוֹתָם דּוֹר סוֹרֵר וּמֹרֶה דּוֹר לֹא־הֵכִין לִבּוֹ וְלֹֽא־נֶאֶמְנָה אֶת־אֵל רוּחֽוֹ׃ | 8 |
And not become, like their fathers, a generation stubborn and rebellious, —A generation that fixed not their heart, Neither was their spirit, faithful with GOD.
| בְּֽנֵי־אֶפְרַיִם נוֹשְׁקֵי רֽוֹמֵי־קָשֶׁת הָפְכוּ בְּיוֹם קְרָֽב׃ | 9 |
The sons of Ephraim—armed bowmen, Turned in the day of battle;
| לֹא שָׁמְרוּ בְּרִית אֱלֹהִים וּבְתוֹרָתוֹ מֵאֲנוּ לָלֶֽכֶת׃ | 10 |
They kept not the covenant of God, And, in his law, refused to walk;
| וַיִּשְׁכְּחוּ עֲלִילוֹתָיו וְנִפְלְאוֹתָיו אֲשֶׁר הֶרְאָֽם׃ | 11 |
And forgat His doings, And his wonders which he had showed them:
| נֶגֶד אֲבוֹתָם עָשָׂה פֶלֶא בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם שְׂדֵה־צֹֽעַן׃ | 12 |
In presence of their fathers, wrought he, wondrously, —In the land of Egypt—the field of Zoan:
| בָּקַע יָם וַיַּעֲבִירֵם וַֽיַּצֶּב־מַיִם כְּמוֹ־נֵֽד׃ | 13 |
He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through, And reared up the waters like a mound;
| וַיַּנְחֵם בֶּעָנָן יוֹמָם וְכׇל־הַלַּיְלָה בְּאוֹר אֵֽשׁ׃ | 14 |
And led them, by a cloud, in the daytime, And all the night, by a light of fire;
| יְבַקַּע צֻרִים בַּמִּדְבָּר וַיַּשְׁקְ כִּתְהֹמוֹת רַבָּֽה׃ | 15 |
He used to cleave rocks in the desert, And let them drink as out of mighty deeps;
| וַיּוֹצִא נוֹזְלִים מִסָּלַע וַיּוֹרֶד כַּנְּהָרוֹת מָֽיִם׃ | 16 |
And he brought forth streams out of the cliff, And caused waters to flow down, like rivers.
| וַיּוֹסִיפוּ עוֹד לַחֲטֹא־לוֹ לַֽמְרוֹת עֶלְיוֹן בַּצִּיָּֽה׃ | 17 |
But again, once more sinned they against him, Resisting the Most High in a land of drought:
| וַיְנַסּוּ־אֵל בִּלְבָבָם לִֽשְׁאׇל־אֹכֶל לְנַפְשָֽׁם׃ | 18 |
They put GOD to the proof in their heart, By asking food to their mind:
| וַֽיְדַבְּרוּ בֵּאלֹהִים אָמְרוּ הֲיוּכַל אֵל לַעֲרֹךְ שֻׁלְחָן בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ | 19 |
Yea they spake against Elohim, —They said, Can GOD prepare a table in the desert?
| הֵן הִכָּה־צוּר ׀ וַיָּזוּבוּ מַיִם וּנְחָלִים יִשְׁטֹפוּ הֲגַם־לֶחֶם יוּכַל תֵּת אִם־יָכִין שְׁאֵר לְעַמּֽוֹ׃ | 20 |
Lo! he hath smitten a rock, And waters, have gushed out, Yea, torrents, have rushed along, —Food also, can he give? Or provide flesh for his people?
| לָכֵן ׀ שָׁמַע יְהֹוָה וַֽיִּתְעַבָּר וְאֵשׁ נִשְּׂקָה בְיַעֲקֹב וְגַם־אַף עָלָה בְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | 21 |
Therefore, Yahweh hearkened, and became wroth, —And, a fire, was kindled against Jacob, Moreover also, anger, mounted against Israel;
| כִּי לֹא הֶאֱמִינוּ בֵּאלֹהִים וְלֹא בָטְחוּ בִּישֽׁוּעָתֽוֹ׃ | 22 |
Because, They believed not in God, Nor trusted in his salvation;
| וַיְצַו שְׁחָקִים מִמָּעַל וְדַלְתֵי שָׁמַיִם פָּתָֽח׃ | 23 |
Though he had commanded the skies above, And, the doors of the heavens, had opened;
| וַיַּמְטֵר עֲלֵיהֶם מָן לֶאֱכֹל וּדְגַן־שָׁמַיִם נָתַן לָֽמוֹ׃ | 24 |
And had rained on them manna to eat, And, the corn of the heavens, had given to them:
| לֶחֶם אַבִּירִים אָכַל אִישׁ צֵידָה שָׁלַח לָהֶם לָשֹֽׂבַע׃ | 25 |
The food of the mighty, each one did eat, Nourishment, sent he them to the full;
| יַסַּע קָדִים בַּשָּׁמָיִם וַיְנַהֵג בְּעֻזּוֹ תֵימָֽן׃ | 26 |
He let loose an east wind in the heavens, Then guided he, in his might, a south wind;
| וַיַּמְטֵר עֲלֵיהֶם כֶּעָפָר שְׁאֵר וּֽכְחוֹל יַמִּים עוֹף כָּנָֽף׃ | 27 |
And rained upon them flesh as the dust, And, like the sand of the seas, birds of wing;
| וַיַּפֵּל בְּקֶרֶב מַחֲנֵהוּ סָבִיב לְמִשְׁכְּנֹתָֽיו׃ | 28 |
And let them fall in the midst of their camp, —Round about their habitations.
| וַיֹּאכְלוּ וַיִּשְׂבְּעוּ מְאֹד וְתַאֲוָתָם יָבִא לָהֶֽם׃ | 29 |
So they did eat and were abundantly filled, When, what they longed for, he had brought them: —
| לֹא־זָרוּ מִתַּאֲוָתָם עוֹד אׇכְלָם בְּפִיהֶֽם׃ | 30 |
They had not turned away from what they had longed for, Yet was their food in their mouth,
| וְאַף אֱלֹהִים ׀ עָלָה בָהֶם וַֽיַּהֲרֹג בְּמִשְׁמַנֵּיהֶם וּבַחוּרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הִכְרִֽיעַ׃ | 31 |
When, the anger of God, mounted against them, And he slew of their vigorous youths, And, the choice young men of Israel, caused he to bow down in death.
| בְּכׇל־זֹאת חָֽטְאוּ־עוֹד וְלֹֽא־הֶאֱמִינוּ בְּנִפְלְאוֹתָֽיו׃ | 32 |
For all this, sinned they still, And believed not in his wonders;
| וַיְכַל־בַּהֶבֶל יְמֵיהֶם וּשְׁנוֹתָם בַּבֶּהָלָֽה׃ | 33 |
So he ended, in a breath, their days, And their years, in a sudden terror!
| אִם־הֲרָגָם וּדְרָשׁוּהוּ וְשָׁבוּ וְשִֽׁחֲרוּ־אֵֽל׃ | 34 |
If he slew [of] them, then they sought him, Yea they turned, and did earnestly seek GOD;
| וַֽיִּזְכְּרוּ כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִים צוּרָם וְאֵל עֶלְיוֹן גֹּאֲלָֽם׃ | 35 |
And remembered that, Elohim, was their rock, Yea, EL Most High, their Redeemer:
| וַיְפַתּוּהוּ בְּפִיהֶם וּבִלְשׁוֹנָם יְכַזְּבוּ־לֽוֹ׃ | 36 |
So they spake him fair with their mouth, And, with their tongue, did promise him falsely;
| וְלִבָּם לֹא־נָכוֹן עִמּוֹ וְלֹא נֶאֶמְנוּ בִּבְרִיתֽוֹ׃ | 37 |
But, their heart, was not fixed with him, Nor were they trusty in his covenant:
| וְהוּא רַחוּם ׀ יְכַפֵּר עָוֺן וְֽלֹא־יַֽשְׁחִית וְהִרְבָּה לְהָשִׁיב אַפּוֹ וְלֹא־יָעִיר כׇּל־חֲמָתֽוֹ׃ | 38 |
Yet, he, full of compassion, would put a propitiatory-covering over iniquity, and not destroy, —Yea, many a time, turned he back his anger, And would not stir up all his wrath.
| וַיִּזְכֹּר כִּֽי־בָשָׂר הֵמָּה רוּחַ הוֹלֵךְ וְלֹא יָשֽׁוּב׃ | 39 |
So then he remembered, That, Flesh, they were, A Wind departing, that returneth not.
| כַּמָּה יַמְרוּהוּ בַמִּדְבָּר יַעֲצִיבוּהוּ בִּישִׁימֽוֹן׃ | 40 |
How often they, Resisted him in the desert, Vexed him, in the waste:
| וַיָּשׁוּבוּ וַיְנַסּוּ אֵל וּקְדוֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל הִתְוֽוּ׃ | 41 |
Yea they again put GOD to the test, And, to the Holy One of Israel, caused they sorrow:
| לֹא־זָכְרוּ אֶת־יָדוֹ יוֹם אֲֽשֶׁר־פָּדָם מִנִּי־צָֽר׃ | 42 |
They remembered not his hand—The day, When he ransomed them from the adversary;
| אֲשֶׁר־שָׂם בְּמִצְרַיִם אֹתוֹתָיו וּמוֹפְתָיו בִּשְׂדֵה־צֹֽעַן׃ | 43 |
When he set, in Egypt, his signs, And his wonders, in the plain of Zoan;
| וַיַּהֲפֹךְ לְדָם יְאֹרֵיהֶם וְנֹזְלֵיהֶם בַּל־יִשְׁתָּיֽוּן׃ | 44 |
When he turned, into blood, their Nile-streams, And, their own rivers, could they not drink;
| יְשַׁלַּח בָּהֶם עָרֹב וַיֹּאכְלֵם וּצְפַרְדֵּעַ וַתַּשְׁחִיתֵֽם׃ | 45 |
He sent among them, The gad-fly, and it devoured them, And the frog, and it despoiled them;
| וַיִּתֵּן לֶחָסִיל יְבוּלָם וִיגִיעָם לָאַרְבֶּֽה׃ | 46 |
When he gave to the corn-locust their produce, And their toil, to the swarming locust;
| יַהֲרֹג בַּבָּרָד גַּפְנָם וְשִׁקְמוֹתָם בַּחֲנָמַֽל׃ | 47 |
He killed, with hail, their vine, And their sycomores, with frost:
| וַיַּסְגֵּר לַבָּרָד בְּעִירָם וּמִקְנֵיהֶם לָרְשָׁפִֽים׃ | 48 |
When he gave up, to hail-storms, their beasts, And their cattle, to pestilent fevers;
| יְשַׁלַּח־בָּם ׀ חֲרוֹן אַפּוֹ עֶבְרָה וָזַעַם וְצָרָה מִשְׁלַחַת מַלְאֲכֵי רָעִֽים׃ | 49 |
He sent among them the heat of his anger, Wrath and indignation and distress, —A mission of messengers of misfortune:
| יְפַלֵּס נָתִיב לְאַפּוֹ לֹא־חָשַׂךְ מִמָּוֶת נַפְשָׁם וְחַיָּתָם לַדֶּבֶר הִסְגִּֽיר׃ | 50 |
He leveled a path for his anger, Withheld not, from death, their soul, But, their life—to the pestilence, he delivered:
| וַיַּךְ כׇּל־בְּכוֹר בְּמִצְרָיִם רֵאשִׁית אוֹנִים בְּאׇהֳלֵי־חָֽם׃ | 51 |
So he smote, Every first-born in Egypt, The beginning of their strength, in the tents of Ham;
| וַיַּסַּע כַּצֹּאן עַמּוֹ וַֽיְנַהֲגֵם כַּעֵדֶר בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ | 52 |
And he set forth, like sheep, his people, And guided them, like a flock in the desert;
| וַיַּנְחֵם לָבֶטַח וְלֹא פָחָדוּ וְאֶת־אוֹיְבֵיהֶם כִּסָּה הַיָּֽם׃ | 53 |
Yea he led them securely, and they dreaded not, And, their enemies, the sea did cover.
| וַיְבִיאֵם אֶל־גְּבוּל קׇדְשׁוֹ הַר־זֶה קָנְתָה יְמִינֽוֹ׃ | 54 |
Then brought he them within his own holy bounds, The mountain-range, which his right hand made his own:
| וַיְגָרֶשׁ מִפְּנֵיהֶם ׀ גּוֹיִם וַֽיַּפִּילֵם בְּחֶבֶל נַחֲלָה וַיַּשְׁכֵּן בְּאׇהֳלֵיהֶם שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | 55 |
So he drave out, before them, [whole] nations, And allotted them, by line, an inheritance, And caused to dwell, in their own homes, the tribes of Israel.
| וַיְנַסּוּ וַיַּמְרוּ אֶת־אֱלֹהִים עֶלְיוֹן וְעֵדוֹתָיו לֹא שָׁמָֽרוּ׃ | 56 |
But they tested and resisted God Most High, And, his testimonies, did not observe;
| וַיִּסֹּגוּ וַֽיִּבְגְּדוּ כַּאֲבוֹתָם נֶהְפְּכוּ כְּקֶשֶׁת רְמִיָּֽה׃ | 57 |
But drew back and dealt treacherously, like their fathers, They turned aside, like deceitful bowmen;
| וַיַּכְעִיסוּהוּ בְּבָמוֹתָם וּבִפְסִילֵיהֶם יַקְנִיאֽוּהוּ׃ | 58 |
And provoked him to anger with their high places, And, with their images, used to move him to jealousy.
| שָׁמַע אֱלֹהִים וַֽיִּתְעַבָּר וַיִּמְאַס מְאֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | 59 |
God heard and was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;
| וַיִּטֹּשׁ מִשְׁכַּן שִׁלוֹ אֹהֶל שִׁכֵּן בָּֽאָדָֽם׃ | 60 |
So he gave up the habitation of Shiloh, The tent he had set up among Men;
| וַיִּתֵּן לַשְּׁבִי עֻזּוֹ וְֽתִפְאַרְתּוֹ בְיַד־צָֽר׃ | 61 |
Yea he gave up, into captivity, his strength, And his beauty into the hand of an adversary;
| וַיַּסְגֵּר לַחֶרֶב עַמּוֹ וּבְנַחֲלָתוֹ הִתְעַבָּֽר׃ | 62 |
And delivered up, to the sword, his people, And, with his own inheritance, was he wroth;
| בַּחוּרָיו אָכְלָה־אֵשׁ וּבְתוּלֹתָיו לֹא הוּלָּֽלוּ׃ | 63 |
His young men, were devoured by fire, And, his virgins, were not praised in song;
| כֹּהֲנָיו בַּחֶרֶב נָפָלוּ וְאַלְמְנֹתָיו לֹא תִבְכֶּֽינָה׃ | 64 |
His priests, by the sword, did fall, And, his widows, were not able to bewail.
| וַיִּקַץ כְּיָשֵׁן ׀ אֲדֹנָי כְּגִבּוֹר מִתְרוֹנֵן מִיָּֽיִן׃ | 65 |
Then awoke, as one that had slept, Adonay, As a warrior exulting with wine!
| וַיַּךְ־צָרָיו אָחוֹר חֶרְפַּת עוֹלָם נָתַן לָֽמוֹ׃ | 66 |
So he smote his adversaries in the rear, Reproach age-abiding, laid he upon them.
| וַיִּמְאַס בְּאֹהֶל יוֹסֵף וּֽבְשֵׁבֶט אֶפְרַיִם לֹא בָחָֽר׃ | 67 |
Howbeit he rejected the tent of Joseph, And, the tribe of Ephraim, did not choose:
| וַיִּבְחַר אֶת־שֵׁבֶט יְהוּדָה אֶֽת־הַר צִיּוֹן אֲשֶׁר אָהֵֽב׃ | 68 |
But made choice of the tribe of Judah, The mountain of Zion, which he loved;
| וַיִּבֶן כְּמוֹ־רָמִים מִקְדָּשׁוֹ כְּאֶרֶץ יְסָדָהּ לְעוֹלָֽם׃ | 69 |
And built, like the heights, his sanctuary, Like the earth, he founded it to times age-abiding.
| וַיִּבְחַר בְּדָוִד עַבְדּוֹ וַיִּקָּחֵהוּ מִֽמִּכְלְאֹת צֹֽאן׃ | 70 |
And made choice of David his servant, And took him from among the folds of the sheep:
| מֵאַחַר עָלוֹת הֱבִיאוֹ לִרְעוֹת בְּיַֽעֲקֹב עַמּוֹ וּבְיִשְׂרָאֵל נַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ | 71 |
From after the sucking ewes, he brought him in, —To be shepherd to Jacob his people, And to Israel, his inheritance.
| וַיִּרְעֵם כְּתֹם לְבָבוֹ וּבִתְבוּנוֹת כַּפָּיו יַנְחֵֽם׃ | 72 |
So he did shepherd them, according to the singleness of his heart, And, with the discernment of his hands, used he to guide them.
