Psalms 74
1 Maschil. Of Asaph. Of God, why have you put us away from you for ever? why is the fire of your wrath smoking against the sheep who are your care?
| משכיל לאסף למה אלהים זנחת לנצח יעשן אפך בצאן מרעיתך |
2 Keep in mind your band of worshippers, for whom you gave payment in the days which are past, whom you took for yourself as the people of your heritage; even this mountain of Zion, which has been your resting-place.
| זכר עדתך קנית קדם-- גאלת שבט נחלתך הר-ציון זה שכנת בו |
3 Go up and see the unending destruction; all the evil which your haters have done in the holy place;
| הרימה פעמיך למשאות נצח כל-הרע אויב בקדש |
4 Sending out their voices like lions among your worshippers; they have put up their signs to be seen.
| שאגו צרריך בקרב מועדך שמו אותתם אתות |
5 They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees.
| יודע כמביא למעלה בסבך-עץ קרדמות |
6 Your doors are broken down with hammers and iron blades.
| ועת (ועתה) פתוחיה יחד-- בכשיל וכילפות יהלמון |
7 They have put on fire your holy place; they have made the place of your name unclean, pulling it down to the earth.
| שלחו באש מקדשך לארץ חללו משכן-שמך |
8 They have said in their hearts, Let us put an end to them all together; they have given over to the fire all God's places of worship in the land.
| אמרו בלבם נינם יחד שרפו כל-מועדי-אל בארץ |
9 We do not see our signs: there is no longer any prophet, or anyone among us to say how long.
| אותתינו לא ראינו אין-עוד נביא ולא-אתנו ידע עד-מה |
10 O God, how long will those who are against us say cruel things? will the hater go on looking down on your name for ever?
| עד-מתי אלהים יחרף צר ינאץ אויב שמך לנצח |
11 Why are you keeping back your hand, and covering your right hand in your robe?
| למה תשיב ידך וימינך מקרב חוקך (חיקך) כלה |
12 For from the past God is my King, working salvation in the earth.
| ואלהים מלכי מקדם פעל ישועות בקרב הארץ |
13 The sea was parted in two by your strength; the heads of the great sea-beasts were broken.
| אתה פוררת בעזך ים שברת ראשי תנינים על-המים |
14 The heads of the great snake were crushed by you; you gave them as food to the fishes of the sea.
| אתה רצצת ראשי לויתן תתננו מאכל לעם לציים |
15 You made valleys for fountains and springs; you made the ever-flowing rivers dry.
| אתה בקעת מעין ונחל אתה הובשת נהרות איתן |
16 The day is yours and the night is yours: you made the light and the sun.
| לך יום אף-לך לילה אתה הכינות מאור ושמש |
17 By you all the limits of the earth were fixed; you have made summer and winter.
| אתה הצבת כל-גבולות ארץ קיץ וחרף אתה יצרתם |
18 Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.
| זכר-זאת--אויב חרף יהוה ועם נבל נאצו שמך |
19 O give not the soul of your dove to the hawk; let not the life of the poor go out of your memory for ever.
| אל-תתן לחית נפש תורך חית ענייך אל-תשכח לנצח |
20 Keep in mind your undertaking; for the dark places of the earth are full of pride and cruel acts.
| הבט לברית כי מלאו מחשכי-ארץ נאות חמס |
21 O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name.
| אל-ישב דך נכלם עני ואביון יהללו שמך |
22 Up! O God, be the judge of your cause; keep in mind the bitter things which the man of evil behaviour says against you every day.
| קומה אלהים ריבה ריבך זכר חרפתך מני-נבל כל-היום |
23 Keep in mind the voice of your haters; the outcry of those who come against you goes up every day.
| אל-תשכח קול צרריך שאון קמיך עלה תמיד |
