תהילים 73
| מזמור לאסף אך טוב לישראל אלהים לברי לבב׃ | 1 |
A Psalm of Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to those who are upright in heart.
| ואני כמעט נטוי רגלי כאין שפכה אשרי׃ | 2 |
But my feet were nearly moved; my steps had nearly slipped.
| כי קנאתי בהוללים שלום רשעים אראה׃ | 3 |
For I was zealous over the iniquitous, seeing the peacefulness of sinners.
| כי אין חרצבות למותם ובריא אולם׃ | 4 |
For they have no respect for their death, nor do they have support in their wounds.
| בעמל אנוש אינמו ועם אדם לא ינגעו׃ | 5 |
They are not with the hardships of men, nor will they be scourged with men.
| לכן ענקתמו גאוה יעטף שית חמס למו׃ | 6 |
Therefore, arrogance has held on to them. They have been covered with their iniquity and impiety.
| יצא מחלב עינמו עברו משכיות לבב׃ | 7 |
Their iniquity has proceeded, as if from fat. They have parted from the affection of the heart.
| ימיקו וידברו ברע עשק ממרום ידברו׃ | 8 |
They have thought and spoken wickedness. They have spoken iniquity in high places.
| שתו בשמים פיהם ולשונם תהלך בארץ׃ | 9 |
They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has traversed the earth.
| לכן ישיב עמו הלם ומי מלא ימצו למו׃ | 10 |
Therefore, my people will be converted here, and fullness of days will be found in them.
| ואמרו איכה ידע אל ויש דעה בעליון׃ | 11 |
And they said, “How would God know?” and, “Isn’t there knowledge in high places?”
| הנה אלה רשעים ושלוי עולם השגו חיל׃ | 12 |
Behold, these are sinners, and, abounding in this age, they have obtained riches.
| אך ריק זכיתי לבבי וארחץ בנקיון כפי׃ | 13 |
And I said: So then, it is without purpose that I have justified my heart and washed my hands among the innocent.
| ואהי נגוע כל היום ותוכחתי לבקרים׃ | 14 |
And I have been scourged all day long, and I have received my chastisement in the mornings.
| אם אמרתי אספרה כמו הנה דור בניך בגדתי׃ | 15 |
If I were to say that I would explain this: Behold, I would condemn this nation of your sons.
| ואחשבה לדעת זאת עמל היא בעיני׃ | 16 |
I considered, so that I might know this. It is a hardship before me,
| עד אבוא אל מקדשי אל אבינה לאחריתם׃ | 17 |
until I may enter into the Sanctuary of God, and understand it to its last part.
| אך בחלקות תשית למו הפלתם למשואות׃ | 18 |
So, because of deceitfulness, truly, you have placed it before them. While they were being lifted up, you were casting them down.
| איך היו לשמה כרגע ספו תמו מן בלהות׃ | 19 |
How have they been brought to desolation? They have suddenly failed. They have perished because of their iniquity.
| כחלום מהקיץ אדני בעיר צלמם תבזה׃ | 20 |
As a dream is to those who awaken, O Lord, so will you reduce their image to nothing in your city.
| כי יתחמץ לבבי וכליותי אשתונן׃ | 21 |
For my heart has been inflamed, and my temperament has been changed.
| ואני בער ולא אדע בהמות הייתי עמך׃ | 22 |
And so, I have been reduced to nothing, and I did not know it.
| ואני תמיד עמך אחזת ביד ימיני׃ | 23 |
I have become like a beast of burden to you, and I am always with you.
| בעצתך תנחני ואחר כבוד תקחני׃ | 24 |
You have held my right hand. And in your will, you have conducted me, and with your glory, you have taken me up.
| מי לי בשמים ועמך לא חפצתי בארץ׃ | 25 |
For what is there for me in heaven? And what do I wish for on earth before you?
| כלה שארי ולבבי צור לבבי וחלקי אלהים לעולם׃ | 26 |
My body has failed, and my heart: O God of my heart, and God my portion, into eternity.
| כי הנה רחקיך יאבדו הצמתה כל זונה ממך׃ | 27 |
For behold, those who put themselves far from you will perish. You have perished all those who fornicate away from you.
| ואני קרבת אלהים לי טוב שתי באדני יהוה מחסי לספר כל מלאכותיך׃ | 28 |
But it is good for me to adhere to God, to put my hope in the Lord God, so that I may announce all your prophecies, at the gates of the daughter of Zion.
