< תְהִלִּים 73 >
מִזְמֹ֗ור לְאָ֫סָ֥ף אַ֤ךְ טֹ֭וב לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל אֱלֹהִ֗ים לְבָרֵ֥י לֵבָֽב׃ | 1 |
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 in their death; But their strength is firm.
בַּעֲמַ֣ל אֱנֹ֣ושׁ אֵינֵ֑מֹו וְעִם־אָ֝דָ֗ם לֹ֣א יְנֻגָּֽעוּ׃ | 5 |
They are not in trouble as [other] men; Neither are they plagued like [other] 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 out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.
יָמִ֤יקוּ ׀ וִידַבְּר֣וּ בְרָ֣ע עֹ֑שֶׁק מִמָּרֹ֥ום יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃ | 8 |
They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.
שַׁתּ֣וּ בַשָּׁמַ֣יִם פִּיהֶ֑ם וּ֝לְשֹׁונָ֗ם תִּֽהֲלַ֥ךְ בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ | 9 |
They have set their mouth in 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 a full [cup] are drained 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, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in 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 long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning.
אִם־אָ֭מַרְתִּי אֲסַפְּרָ֥ה כְמֹ֑ו הִנֵּ֤ה דֹ֭ור בָּנֶ֣יךָ בָגָֽדְתִּי׃ | 15 |
If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.
וָֽ֭אֲחַשְּׁבָה לָדַ֣עַת זֹ֑את עָמָ֖ל הִיא (ה֣וּא) בְעֵינָֽי׃ | 16 |
When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;
עַד־אָ֭בֹוא אֶל־מִקְדְּשֵׁי־אֵ֑ל אָ֝בִ֗ינָה לְאַחֲרִיתָֽם׃ | 17 |
Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.
אַ֣ךְ בַּ֭חֲלָקֹות תָּשִׁ֣ית לָ֑מֹו הִ֝פַּלְתָּ֗ם לְמַשּׁוּאֹֽות׃ | 18 |
Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.
אֵ֤יךְ הָי֣וּ לְשַׁמָּ֣ה כְרָ֑גַע סָ֥פוּ תַ֝֗מּוּ מִן־בַּלָּהֹֽות׃ | 19 |
How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
כַּחֲלֹ֥ום מֵהָקִ֑יץ אֲ֝דֹנָי בָּעִ֤יר ׀ צַלְמָ֬ם תִּבְזֶֽה׃ | 20 |
As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.
כִּ֭י יִתְחַמֵּ֣ץ לְבָבִ֑י וְ֝כִלְיֹותַ֗י אֶשְׁתֹּונָֽן׃ | 21 |
For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:
וַאֲנִי־בַ֭עַר וְלֹ֣א אֵדָ֑ע בְּ֝הֵמֹ֗ות הָיִ֥יתִי עִמָּֽךְ׃ | 22 |
So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was [as] a beast before thee.
וַאֲנִ֣י תָמִ֣יד עִמָּ֑ךְ אָ֝חַ֗זְתָּ בְּיַד־יְמִינִֽי׃ | 23 |
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand.
בַּעֲצָתְךָ֥ תַנְחֵ֑נִי וְ֝אַחַ֗ר כָּבֹ֥וד תִּקָּחֵֽנִי׃ | 24 |
Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.
מִי־לִ֥י בַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְ֝עִמְּךָ֗ לֹא־חָפַ֥צְתִּי בָאָֽרֶץ׃ | 25 |
Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
כָּלָ֥ה שְׁאֵרִ֗י וּלְבָ֫בִ֥י צוּר־לְבָבִ֥י וְחֶלְקִ֗י אֱלֹהִ֥ים לְעֹולָֽם׃ | 26 |
My flesh and my heart faileth; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֣ה רְחֵקֶ֣יךָ יֹאבֵ֑דוּ הִ֝צְמַ֗תָּה כָּל־זֹונֶ֥ה מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ | 27 |
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, [departing] from thee.
וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ קִֽרֲבַ֥ת אֱלֹהִ֗ים לִ֫י־טֹ֥וב שַׁתִּ֤י ׀ בַּאדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֣ה מַחְסִ֑י לְ֝סַפֵּ֗ר כָּל־מַלְאֲכֹותֶֽיךָ׃ | 28 |
But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works.