תְהִלִּים 73
| מִזְמֹ֗ור לְאָ֫סָ֥ף אַ֤ךְ טֹ֭וב לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל אֱלֹהִ֗ים לְבָרֵ֥י לֵבָֽב׃ | 1 |
BOOK III A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, even to such as are pure in heart.
| וַאֲנִ֗י כִּ֭מְעַט נָטוּי (נָטָ֣יוּ) רַגְלָ֑י כְּ֝אַ֗יִן שֻׁפְּכָה (שֻׁפְּכ֥וּ) אֲשֻׁרָֽי׃ | 2 |
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
| כִּֽי־קִ֭נֵּאתִי בַּֽהֹולְלִ֑ים שְׁלֹ֖ום רְשָׁעִ֣ים אֶרְאֶֽה׃ | 3 |
For I was envious at the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
| כִּ֤י אֵ֖ין חַרְצֻבֹּ֥ות לְמֹותָ֗ם וּבָרִ֥יא אוּלָֽם׃ | 4 |
For there are no pangs at their death, and their body is sound.
| בַּעֲמַ֣ל אֱנֹ֣ושׁ אֵינֵ֑מֹו וְעִם־אָ֝דָ֗ם לֹ֣א יְנֻגָּֽעוּ׃ | 5 |
In the trouble of man they are not; neither are they plagued like men.
| לָ֭כֵן עֲנָקַ֣תְמֹו גַאֲוָ֑ה יַעֲטָף־שִׁ֝֗ית חָמָ֥ס לָֽמֹו׃ | 6 |
Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.
| יָ֭צָא מֵחֵ֣לֶב עֵינֵ֑מֹו עָ֝בְר֗וּ מַשְׂכִּיֹּ֥ות לֵבָֽב׃ | 7 |
Their eyes stand forth from fatness; they are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart.
| יָמִ֤יקוּ ׀ וִידַבְּר֣וּ בְרָ֣ע עֹ֑שֶׁק מִמָּרֹ֥ום יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃ | 8 |
They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression; they speak as if there were none on high.
| שַׁתּ֣וּ בַשָּׁמַ֣יִם פִּיהֶ֑ם וּ֝לְשֹׁונָ֗ם תִּֽהֲלַ֥ךְ בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ | 9 |
They have set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
| לָכֵ֤ן ׀ יָשִׁיב (יָשׁ֣וּב) עַמֹּ֣ו הֲלֹ֑ם וּמֵ֥י מָ֝לֵ֗א יִמָּ֥צוּ לָֽמֹו׃ | 10 |
Therefore His people return hither; and waters of fullness are drained out by them.
| וְֽאָמְר֗וּ אֵיכָ֥ה יָדַֽע־אֵ֑ל וְיֵ֖שׁ דֵּעָ֣ה בְעֶלְיֹֽון׃ | 11 |
And they say: 'How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'
| הִנֵּה־אֵ֥לֶּה רְשָׁעִ֑ים וְשַׁלְוֵ֥י עֹ֝ולָ֗ם הִשְׂגּוּ־חָֽיִל׃ | 12 |
Behold, such are the wicked; and they that are always at ease increase riches.
| אַךְ־רִ֭יק זִכִּ֣יתִי לְבָבִ֑י וָאֶרְחַ֖ץ בְּנִקָּיֹ֣ון כַּפָּֽי׃ | 13 |
Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocency;
| וָאֱהִ֣י נָ֭גוּעַ כָּל־הַיֹּ֑ום וְ֝תֹוכַחְתִּ֗י לַבְּקָרִֽים׃ | 14 |
For all the day have I been plagued, and my chastisement came every morning.
| אִם־אָ֭מַרְתִּי אֲסַפְּרָ֥ה כְמֹ֑ו הִנֵּ֤ה דֹ֭ור בָּנֶ֣יךָ בָגָֽדְתִּי׃ | 15 |
If I had said: 'I will speak thus', behold, I had been faithless to the generation of Thy children.
| וָֽ֭אֲחַשְּׁבָה לָדַ֣עַת זֹ֑את עָמָ֖ל הִיא (ה֣וּא) בְעֵינָֽי׃ | 16 |
And when I pondered how I might know this, it was wearisome in mine eyes;
| עַד־אָ֭בֹוא אֶל־מִקְדְּשֵׁי־אֵ֑ל אָ֝בִ֗ינָה לְאַחֲרִיתָֽם׃ | 17 |
Until I entered into the sanctuary of God, and considered their end.
| אַ֣ךְ בַּ֭חֲלָקֹות תָּשִׁ֣ית לָ֑מֹו הִ֝פַּלְתָּ֗ם לְמַשּׁוּאֹֽות׃ | 18 |
Surely Thou settest them in slippery places; Thou hurlest them down to utter ruin.
| אֵ֤יךְ הָי֣וּ לְשַׁמָּ֣ה כְרָ֑גַע סָ֥פוּ תַ֝֗מּוּ מִן־בַּלָּהֹֽות׃ | 19 |
How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are wholly consumed by terrors.
| כַּחֲלֹ֥ום מֵהָקִ֑יץ אֲ֝דֹנָי בָּעִ֤יר ׀ צַלְמָ֬ם תִּבְזֶֽה׃ | 20 |
As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance.
| כִּ֭י יִתְחַמֵּ֣ץ לְבָבִ֑י וְ֝כִלְיֹותַ֗י אֶשְׁתֹּונָֽן׃ | 21 |
For my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins.
| וַאֲנִי־בַ֭עַר וְלֹ֣א אֵדָ֑ע בְּ֝הֵמֹ֗ות הָיִ֥יתִי עִמָּֽךְ׃ | 22 |
But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee.
| וַאֲנִ֣י תָמִ֣יד עִמָּ֑ךְ אָ֝חַ֗זְתָּ בְּיַד־יְמִינִֽי׃ | 23 |
Nevertheless I am continually with Thee; Thou holdest my right hand.
| בַּעֲצָתְךָ֥ תַנְחֵ֑נִי וְ֝אַחַ֗ר כָּבֹ֥וד תִּקָּחֵֽנִי׃ | 24 |
Thou wilt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me with glory.
| מִי־לִ֥י בַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְ֝עִמְּךָ֗ לֹא־חָפַ֥צְתִּי בָאָֽרֶץ׃ | 25 |
Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And beside Thee I desire none upon earth.
| כָּלָ֥ה שְׁאֵרִ֗י וּלְבָ֫בִ֥י צוּר־לְבָבִ֥י וְחֶלְקִ֗י אֱלֹהִ֥ים לְעֹולָֽם׃ | 26 |
My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
| כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֣ה רְחֵקֶ֣יךָ יֹאבֵ֑דוּ הִ֝צְמַ֗תָּה כָּל־זֹונֶ֥ה מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ | 27 |
For, lo, they that go far from Thee shall perish; Thou dost destroy all them that go astray from Thee.
| וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ קִֽרֲבַ֥ת אֱלֹהִ֗ים לִ֫י־טֹ֥וב שַׁתִּ֤י ׀ בַּאדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֣ה מַחְסִ֑י לְ֝סַפֵּ֗ר כָּל־מַלְאֲכֹותֶֽיךָ׃ | 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.
