< תְהִלִּים 74 >
מַשְׂכִּ֗יל לְאָ֫סָ֥ף לָמָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים זָנַ֣חְתָּ לָנֶ֑צַח יֶעְשַׁ֥ן אַ֝פְּךָ֗ בְּצֹ֣אן מַרְעִיתֶֽךָ׃ | 1 |
AN INSTRUCTION OF ASAPH. Why, O God, have You cast off forever? Your anger smokes against the flock of Your pasture.
זְכֹ֤ר עֲדָתְךָ֨ ׀ קָ֘נִ֤יתָ קֶּ֗דֶם גָּ֭אַלְתָּ שֵׁ֣בֶט נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ הַר־צִ֝יֹּ֗ון זֶ֤ה ׀ שָׁכַ֬נְתָּ בֹּֽו׃ | 2 |
Remember Your congregation [That] You purchased of old, You redeemed the rod of Your inheritance, This Mount Zion—You dwelt in it.
הָרִ֣ימָה פְ֭עָמֶיךָ לְמַשֻּׁאֹ֣ות נֶ֑צַח כָּל־הֵרַ֖ע אֹויֵ֣ב בַּקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ | 3 |
Lift up Your steps to the continuous desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary.
שָׁאֲג֣וּ צֹ֭רְרֶיךָ בְּקֶ֣רֶב מֹועֲדֶ֑ךָ שָׂ֖מוּ אֹותֹתָ֣ם אֹתֹֽות׃ | 4 |
Your adversaries have roared, In the midst of Your meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns.
יִ֭וָּדַע כְּמֵבִ֣יא לְמָ֑עְלָה בִּֽסֲבָךְ־עֵ֝֗ץ קַרְדֻּמֹּֽות׃ | 5 |
He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood—axes.
וְעֵת (וְ֭עַתָּה) פִּתּוּחֶ֣יהָ יָּ֑חַד בְּכַשִּׁ֥יל וְ֝כֵֽילַפֹּ֗ת יַהֲלֹמֽוּן׃ | 6 |
And now they break down its engravings, Together, with axe and hatchet,
שִׁלְח֣וּ בָ֭אֵשׁ מִקְדָּשֶׁ֑ךָ לָ֝אָ֗רֶץ חִלְּל֥וּ מִֽשְׁכַּן־שְׁמֶֽךָ׃ | 7 |
They have sent Your sanctuary into fire, They defiled the Dwelling Place of Your Name to the earth,
אָמְר֣וּ בְ֭לִבָּם נִינָ֣ם יָ֑חַד שָׂרְפ֖וּ כָל־מֹועֲדֵי־אֵ֣ל בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ | 8 |
They said in their hearts, “Let us oppress them together,” They burned all the meeting-places of God in the land.
אֹֽותֹתֵ֗ינוּ לֹ֥א רָ֫אִ֥ינוּ אֵֽין־עֹ֥וד נָבִ֑יא וְלֹֽא־אִ֝תָּ֗נוּ יֹדֵ֥עַ עַד־מָֽה׃ | 9 |
We have not seen our ensigns, There is no longer a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing how long.
עַד־מָתַ֣י אֱ֭לֹהִים יְחָ֣רֶף צָ֑ר יְנָ֘אֵ֤ץ אֹויֵ֖ב שִׁמְךָ֣ לָנֶֽצַח׃ | 10 |
Until when, O God, does an adversary reproach? Does an enemy despise Your Name forever?
לָ֤מָּה תָשִׁ֣יב יָ֭דְךָ וִֽימִינֶ֑ךָ מִקֶּ֖רֶב חֹוקְךָ (חֽ͏ֵיקְךָ֣) כַלֵּֽה׃ | 11 |
Why do You turn back Your hand, Even Your right hand? Remove [it] from the midst of Your bosom.
וֵ֭אלֹהִים מַלְכִּ֣י מִקֶּ֑דֶם פֹּעֵ֥ל יְ֝שׁוּעֹ֗ות בְּקֶ֣רֶב הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | 12 |
And God [is] my king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
אַתָּ֤ה פֹורַ֣רְתָּ בְעָזְּךָ֣ יָ֑ם שִׁבַּ֖רְתָּ רָאשֵׁ֥י תַ֝נִּינִ֗ים עַל־הַמָּֽיִם׃ | 13 |
You have divided [the] sea by Your strength, You have shattered heads of dragons by the waters,
אַתָּ֣ה רִ֭צַּצְתָּ רָאשֵׁ֣י לִוְיָתָ֑ן תִּתְּנֶ֥נּוּ מַ֝אֲכָ֗ל לְעָ֣ם לְצִיִּֽים׃ | 14 |
You have broken the heads of leviathan, You make him food for the people of desert-dwellers.
אַתָּ֣ה בָ֭קַעְתָּ מַעְיָ֣ן וָנָ֑חַל אַתָּ֥ה הֹ֝ובַ֗שְׁתָּ נַהֲרֹ֥ות אֵיתָֽן׃ | 15 |
You have cleaved a fountain and a stream, You have dried up perennial flowings.
לְךָ֣ יֹ֭ום אַף־לְךָ֥ לָ֑יְלָה אַתָּ֥ה הֲ֝כִינֹ֗ותָ מָאֹ֥ור וָשָֽׁמֶשׁ׃ | 16 |
The day [is] Yours, The night [is] also Yours, You have prepared a light-giver—the sun.
אַתָּ֣ה הִ֭צַּבְתָּ כָּל־גְּבוּלֹ֣ות אָ֑רֶץ קַ֥יִץ וָ֝חֹ֗רֶף אַתָּ֥ה יְצַרְתָּם׃ | 17 |
You have set up all the borders of earth, Summer and winter—You have formed them.
זְכָר־זֹ֗את אֹ֭ויֵב חֵרֵ֣ף ׀ יְהוָ֑ה וְעַ֥ם נָ֝בָ֗ל נִֽאֲצ֥וּ שְׁמֶֽךָ׃ | 18 |
Remember this—an enemy reproached YHWH, And a foolish people have despised Your Name.
אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן לְ֭חַיַּת נֶ֣פֶשׁ תֹּורֶ֑ךָ חַיַּ֥ת עֲ֝נִיֶּ֗יךָ אַל־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח לָנֶֽצַח׃ | 19 |
Do not give up to a [wild] creature, The soul of Your turtle-dove, Do not forget the life of Your poor ones forever.
הַבֵּ֥ט לַבְּרִ֑ית כִּ֥י מָלְא֥וּ מַחֲשַׁכֵּי־אֶ֝֗רֶץ נְאֹ֣ות חָמָֽס׃ | 20 |
Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.
אַל־יָשֹׁ֣ב דַּ֣ךְ נִכְלָ֑ם עָנִ֥י וְ֝אֶבְיֹ֗ון יְֽהַלְל֥וּ שְׁמֶֽךָ׃ | 21 |
Do not let the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Your Name,
קוּמָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים רִיבָ֣ה רִיבֶ֑ךָ זְכֹ֥ר חֶרְפָּתְךָ֥ מִנִּי־נָ֝בָ֗ל כָּל־הַיֹּֽום׃ | 22 |
Arise, O God, plead Your plea, Remember Your reproach from a fool all the day.
אַל־תִּ֭שְׁכַּח קֹ֣ול צֹרְרֶ֑יךָ שְׁאֹ֥ון קָ֝מֶ֗יךָ עֹלֶ֥ה תָמִֽיד׃ | 23 |
Do not forget the voice of Your adversaries, The noise of Your withstanders is going up continually!