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| 1. | {A Psalm by Asaph.} Surely God{The Hebrew word rendered "God" is "Elohim."} is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. | Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. |
מזמור לאסף אך טוב לישראל אלהים לברי לבב׃ |
MZMVUr L'aSPh 'aK TVB LYShUr'aL 'aLHYM LBUrY LBB. | A Psalm of Asaph. Only -- good to Israel is God, to the clean of heart. And I -- as a little thing, My feet have been turned aside, | canticum Asaph attamen bonus est Israhel Deus his qui mundo sunt corde | |||||
| 2. | But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped. | But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. |
ואני כמעט נטוי רגלי כאין שפכה אשרי׃ |
V'aNY KM'yT NTVY UrGLY K'aYN ShPhKH 'aShUrY. | As nothing, have my steps slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful, | mei autem paene vacillaverunt pedes paene effusi sunt gressus mei | |||||
| 3. | For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. | For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. |
כי־קנאתי בהוללים שלום רשעים אראה׃ |
KY-QN'aThY BHVLLYM ShLVM UrSh'yYM 'aUr'aH. | The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death, | quia aemulatus sum contra iniquos pacem impiorum videns | |||||
| 4. | For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm. | For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. |
כי אין חרצבות למותם ובריא אולם׃ |
KY 'aYN ChUrTShBVTh LMVThM VBUrY'a 'aVLM. | And their might is firm. | quod non recogitaverint de morte sua et firma sint vestibula eorum | |||||
| 5. | They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men. | They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. |
בעמל אנוש אינמו ועם־אדם לא ינגעו׃ |
B'yML 'aNVSh 'aYNMV V'yM-'aDM L'a YNG'yV. | In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued. | in labore hominum non sunt et cum hominibus non flagellabuntur | |||||
| 6. | Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment. | Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. |
לכן ענקתמו גאוה יעטף־שית חמס למו׃ |
LKN 'yNQThMV G'aVH Y'yTPh-ShYTh ChMS LMV. | Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress. | ideo nutriti sunt ad superbiam circumdederunt iniquitatem sibi | |||||
| 7. | Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit. | Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. |
יצא מחלב עינמו עברו משכיות לבב׃ |
YTSh'a MChLB 'yYNMV 'yBUrV MShKYVTh LBB. | Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed; | processerunt a pinguidine oculi eorum transierunt cogitationes cordis | |||||
| 8. | They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression. | They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. |
ימיקו וידברו ברע עשק ממרום ידברו׃ |
YMYQV VYDBUrV BUr'y 'yShQ MMUrVM YDBUrV. | They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak. | inriserunt et locuti sunt in malitia calumniam de excelso loquentes | |||||
| 9. | They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth. | They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. |
שתו בשמים פיהם ולשונם תהלך בארץ׃ |
ShThV BShMYM PhYHM VLShVNM ThHLK B'aUrTSh. | They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth. | posuerunt in caelo os suum et lingua eorum deambulavit in terra | |||||
| 10. | Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance. | Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. |
לכן ישיב עמו הלם ומי מלא ימצו למו׃ |
LKN YShYB 'yMV HLM VMY ML'a YMTShV LMV. | Therefore do His people return hither, And waters of fulness are wrung out to them. | propterea convertetur populus eius hic et quis plenus invenietur in eis | |||||
| 11. | They say, "How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?" | And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? |
ואמרו איכה ידע־אל ויש דעה בעליון׃ |
V'aMUrV 'aYKH YD'y-'aL VYSh D'yH B'yLYVN. | And they have said, `How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?` | et dixerunt quomodo novit Deus et si est scientia in Excelso | |||||
| 12. | Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches. | Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. |
הנה־אלה רשעים ושלוי עולם השגו־חיל׃ |
HNH-'aLH UrSh'yYM VShLVY 'yVLM HShGV-ChYL. | Lo, these are the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength. | ecce isti impii et abundantes in saeculo multiplicaverunt divitias | |||||
| 13. | Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence, | Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. |
אך־ריק זכיתי לבבי וארחץ בנקיון כפי׃ |
'aK-UrYQ ZKYThY LBBY V'aUrChTSh BNQYVN KPhY. | Only -- a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands, | ergone frustra mundavi cor meum et lavi in innocentia manus meas | |||||
| 14. | For all day long have I been plagued, and punished every morning. | For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. |
ואהי נגוע כל־היום ותוכחתי לבקרים׃ |
V'aHY NGV'y KL-HYVM VThVKChThY LBQUrYM. | And I am plagued all the day, And my reproof is every morning. | et fui flagellatus tota die et increpatio mea in matutinis | |||||
| 15. | If I had said, "I will speak thus;" behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children. | If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. |
אם־אמרתי אספרה כמו הנה דור בניך בגדתי׃ |
'aM-'aMUrThY 'aSPhUrH KMV HNH DVUr BNYK BGDThY. | If I have said, `I recount thus,` Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived. | dixi si narravero sic ecce generationem filiorum tuorum reliqui | |||||
| 16. | When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me; | When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; |
ואחשבה לדעת זאת עמל היא בעיני׃ |
V'aChShBH LD'yTh Z'aTh 'yML HY'a B'yYNY. | And I think to know this, Perverseness it is in mine eyes, | et cogitavi ut intellegerem istud labor est in oculis meis | |||||
| 17. | Until I entered God's sanctuary, and considered their latter end. | Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. |
עד־אבוא אל־מקדשי־אל אבינה לאחריתם׃ |
'yD-'aBV'a 'aL-MQDShY-'aL 'aBYNH L'aChUrYThM. | Till I come in to the sanctuaries of God, I attend to their latter end. | donec veniam ad sanctuaria Dei intellegam in novissimo eorum | |||||
| 18. | Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction. | Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. |
אך בחלקות תשית למו הפלתם למשואות׃ |
'aK BChLQVTh ThShYTh LMV HPhLThM LMShV'aVTh. | Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations. | verumtamen in lubrico posuisti eos deiecisti eos ad interitum | |||||
| 19. | How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors. | How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. |
איך היו לשמה כרגע ספו תמו מן־בלהות׃ |
'aYK HYV LShMH KUrG'y SPhV ThMV MN-BLHVTh. | How have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended -- consumed from terrors. | quomodo vastati sunt subito defecerunt consumpti sunt quasi non sint | |||||
| 20. | As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord,{The word translated "Lord" is "Adonai."} when you awake, you will despise their fantasies. | As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. |
כחלום מהקיץ אדני בעיר צלמם תבזה׃ |
KChLVM MHQYTSh 'aDNY B'yYUr TShLMM ThBZH. | As a dream from awakening, O Lord, In awaking, their image Thou despisest. | quasi somnium evigilantis Domine in civitate tua imaginem eorum ad nihilum rediges | |||||
| 21. | For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart. | Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. |
כי יתחמץ לבבי וכליותי אשתונן׃ |
KY YThChMTSh LBBY VKLYVThY 'aShThVNN. | For my heart doth show itself violent, And my reins prick themselves, | quia contractum est cor meum et lumbi mei velut ignis fumigans | |||||
| 22. | I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you. | So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. |
ואני־בער ולא אדע בהמות הייתי עמך׃ |
V'aNY-B'yUr VL'a 'aD'y BHMVTh HYYThY 'yMK. | And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee. | et ego insipiens et nescius | |||||
| 23. | Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand. | Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. |
ואני תמיד עמך אחזת ביד־ימיני׃ |
V'aNY ThMYD 'yMK 'aChZTh BYD-YMYNY. | And I am continually with Thee, Thou hast laid hold on my right hand. | quasi iumentum factus sum apud te et eram semper tecum | |||||
| 24. | You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. | Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. |
בעצתך תנחני ואחר כבוד תקחני׃ |
B'yTShThK ThNChNY V'aChUr KBVD ThQChNY. | With Thy counsel Thou dost lead me, And after honour dost receive me. | et tenebas manum dexteram meam in consilium tuum deduces me et postea in gloria suscipies me | |||||
| 25. | Who do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth who I desire besides you. | Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. |
מי־לי בשמים ועמך לא־חפצתי בארץ׃ |
MY-LY BShMYM V'yMK L'a-ChPhTShThY B'aUrTSh. | Whom have I in the heavens? And with Thee none I have desired in earth. | quid mihi est in caelo et tecum nolui in terra | |||||
| 26. | My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. | My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. |
כלה שארי ולבבי צור־לבבי וחלקי אלהים לעולם׃ |
KLH Sh'aUrY VLBBY TShVUr-LBBY VChLQY 'aLHYM L'yVLM. | Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion is God to the age. | consumpta est caro mea et cor meum robur cordis mei et pars mea Deus in aeternum | |||||
| 27. | For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you. | For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. |
כי־הנה רחקיך יאבדו הצמתה כל־זונה ממך׃ |
KY-HNH UrChQYK Y'aBDV HTShMThH KL-ZVNH MMK. | For, lo, those far from Thee do perish, Thou hast cut off every one, Who is going a whoring from Thee. | quia ecce qui elongant se a te peribunt perdidisti omnem fornicantem a te | |||||
| 28. | But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh{"Yahweh" is God's proper Name, sometimes rendered "LORD" (all caps) in other translations.} my refuge, that I may tell of all your works. | But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works. |
ואני קרבת אלהים לי־טוב שתי באדני יהוה מחסי לספר כל־מלאכותיך׃ |
V'aNY QUrBTh 'aLHYM LY-TVB ShThY B'aDNY YHVH MChSY LSPhUr KL-ML'aKVThYK. | And I -- nearness of God to me is good, I have placed in the Lord Jehovah my refuge, To recount all Thy works! | mihi autem adpropinquare Deo bonum est posui in Domino Deo spem meam ut narrem omnes adnuntiationes tuas | |||||