תהילים 74

1 מַשְׂכִּיל לְאָסָף לָמָה אֱלֹהִים זָנַחְתָּ לָנֶצַח יֶעְשַׁן אַפְּךָ בְּצֹאן מַרְעִיתֶֽךָ׃

An instruction: of Asaph. Why, O God, hast thou cast off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

2 זְכֹר עֲדָתְךָ ׀ קָנִיתָ קֶּדֶם גָּאַלְתָּ שֵׁבֶט נַחֲלָתֶךָ הַר־צִיּוֹן זֶה ׀ שָׁכַנְתָּ בּֽוֹ׃

Remember thine assembly, which thou hast purchased of old, which thou hast redeemed [to be] the portion of thine inheritance, this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

3 הָרִימָה פְעָמֶיךָ לְמַשֻּׁאוֹת נֶצַח כָּל־הֵרַע אוֹיֵב בַּקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃

Lift up thy steps unto the perpetual desolations: everything in the sanctuary hath the enemy destroyed.

4 שָׁאֲגוּ צֹרְרֶיךָ בְּקֶרֶב מוֹעֲדֶךָ שָׂמוּ אוֹתֹתָם אֹתֽוֹת׃

Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy place of assembly; they set up their signs [for] signs.

5 יִוָּדַע כְּמֵבִיא לְמָעְלָה בִּֽסֲבָךְ־עֵץ קַרְדֻּמּֽוֹת׃

[A man] was known as he could lift up axes in the thicket of trees;

6 ועת וְעַתָּה פִּתּוּחֶיהָ יָּחַד בְּכַשִּׁיל וְכֵֽילַפֹּת יַהֲלֹמֽוּן׃

And now they break down its carved work altogether, with hatchets and hammers.

7 שִׁלְחוּ בָאֵשׁ מִקְדָּשֶׁךָ לָאָרֶץ חִלְּלוּ מִֽשְׁכַּן־שְׁמֶֽךָ׃

They have set on fire thy sanctuary, they have profaned the habitation of thy name to the ground.

8 אָמְרוּ בְלִבָּם נִינָם יָחַד שָׂרְפוּ כָל־מוֹעֲדֵי־אֵל בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

They said in their heart, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all God's places of assembly in the land.

9 אֽוֹתֹתֵינוּ לֹא רָאִינוּ אֵֽין־עוֹד נָבִיא וְלֹֽא־אִתָּנוּ יֹדֵעַ עַד־מָֽה׃

We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet, neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

10 עַד־מָתַי אֱלֹהִים יְחָרֶף צָר יְנָאֵץ אוֹיֵב שִׁמְךָ לָנֶֽצַח׃

How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy contemn thy name for ever?

11 לָמָּה תָשִׁיב יָדְךָ וִֽימִינֶךָ מִקֶּרֶב חוקך חֽ͏ֵיקְךָ כַלֵּֽה׃

Why withdrawest thou thy hand, and thy right hand? [pluck it] out of thy bosom: consume [them].

12 וֵאלֹהִים מַלְכִּי מִקֶּדֶם פֹּעֵל יְשׁוּעוֹת בְּקֶרֶב הָאָֽרֶץ׃

But God is my king of old, accomplishing deliverances in the midst of the earth.

13 אַתָּה פוֹרַרְתָּ בְעָזְּךָ יָם שִׁבַּרְתָּ רָאשֵׁי תַנִּינִים עַל־הַמָּֽיִם׃

Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength; thou didst break the heads of the monsters on the waters:

14 אַתָּה רִצַּצְתָּ רָאשֵׁי לִוְיָתָן תִּתְּנֶנּוּ מַאֲכָל לְעָם לְצִיִּֽים׃

Thou didst break in pieces the heads of leviathan, thou gavest him to be meat to those that people the desert.

15 אַתָּה בָקַעְתָּ מַעְיָן וָנָחַל אַתָּה הוֹבַשְׁתָּ נַהֲרוֹת אֵיתָֽן׃

Thou didst cleave fountain and torrent, thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers.

16 לְךָ יוֹם אַף־לְךָ לָיְלָה אַתָּה הֲכִינוֹתָ מָאוֹר וָשָֽׁמֶשׁ׃

The day is thine, the night also is thine; thou hast prepared the moon and the sun:

17 אַתָּה הִצַּבְתָּ כָּל־גְּבוּלוֹת אָרֶץ קַיִץ וָחֹרֶף אַתָּה יְצַרְתָּם׃

Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; summer and winter — thou didst form them.

18 זְכָר־זֹאת אוֹיֵב חֵרֵף ׀ יְהוָה וְעַם נָבָל נִֽאֲצוּ שְׁמֶֽךָ׃

Remember this, that an enemy hath reproached Jehovah, and a foolish people have contemned thy name.

19 אַל־תִּתֵּן לְחַיַּת נֶפֶשׁ תּוֹרֶךָ חַיַּת עֲנִיֶּיךָ אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח לָנֶֽצַח׃

Give not up the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the troop of thine afflicted for ever.

20 הַבֵּט לַבְּרִית כִּי מָלְאוּ מַחֲשַׁכֵּי־אֶרֶץ נְאוֹת חָמָֽס׃

Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the dwellings of violence.

21 אַל־יָשֹׁב דַּךְ נִכְלָם עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן יְֽהַלְלוּ שְׁמֶֽךָ׃

Oh let not the oppressed one return ashamed; let the afflicted and needy praise thy name.

22 קוּמָה אֱלֹהִים רִיבָה רִיבֶךָ זְכֹר חֶרְפָּתְךָ מִנִּי־נָבָל כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃

Rise up, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day;

23 אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח קוֹל צֹרְרֶיךָ שְׁאוֹן קָמֶיךָ עֹלֶה תָמִֽיד׃

Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: the tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.