Psalms 74

1O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

מַשְׂכִּיל לְאָסָף לָמָה אֱלֹהִים זָנַחְתָּ לָנֶצַח יֶעְשַׁן אַפְּךָ בְּצֹאן מַרְעִיתֶךָ׃ (2789)

2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

זְכֹר עֲדָתְךָ ׀ קָנִיתָ קֶּדֶם גָּאַלְתָּ שֵׁבֶט נַחֲלָתֶךָ הַר־צִיֹּון זֶה ׀ שָׁכַנְתָּ בֹּו׃ (3829)

3Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

הָרִימָה פְעָמֶיךָ לְמַשֻּׁאֹות נֶצַח כָּל־הֵרַע אֹויֵב בַּקֹּדֶשׁ׃ (2155)

4Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.

שָׁאֲגוּ צֹרְרֶיךָ בְּקֶרֶב מֹועֲדֶךָ שָׂמוּ אֹותֹתָם אֹתֹות׃ (3274)

5A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

יִוָּדַע כְּמֵבִיא לְמָעְלָה בִּסֲבָךְ־עֵץ קַרְדֻּמֹּות׃ (1332)

6But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.

[וְעֵת כ] (וְעַתָּה ק) פִּתּוּחֶיהָ יָּחַד בְּכַשִּׁיל וְכֵילַפֹּת יַהֲלֹמוּן׃ (2657)

7They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

שִׁלְחוּ בָאֵשׁ מִקְדָּשֶׁךָ לָאָרֶץ חִלְּלוּ מִשְׁכַּן־שְׁמֶךָ׃ (2276)

8They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

אָמְרוּ בְלִבָּם נִינָם יָחַד שָׂרְפוּ כָל־מֹועֲדֵי־אֵל בָּאָרֶץ׃ (1583)

9We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

אֹותֹתֵינוּ לֹא רָאִינוּ אֵין־עֹוד נָבִיא וְלֹא־אִתָּנוּ יֹדֵעַ עַד־מָה׃ (2072)

10O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

עַד־מָתַי אֱלֹהִים יְחָרֶף צָר יְנָאֵץ אֹויֵב שִׁמְךָ לָנֶצַח׃ (1906)

11Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.

לָמָּה תָשִׁיב יָדְךָ וִימִינֶךָ מִקֶּרֶב [חֹוקְךָ כ] (חֵיקְךָ ק) כַלֵּה׃ (1746)

12For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

וֵאלֹהִים מַלְכִּי מִקֶּדֶם פֹּעֵל יְשׁוּעֹות בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ׃ (1948)

13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

אַתָּה פֹורַרְתָּ בְעָזְּךָ יָם שִׁבַּרְתָּ רָאשֵׁי תַנִּינִים עַל־הַמָּיִם׃ (3609)

14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

אַתָּה רִצַּצְתָּ רָאשֵׁי לִוְיָתָן תִּתְּנֶנּוּ מַאֲכָל לְעָם לְצִיִּים׃ (3510)

15Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

אַתָּה בָקַעְתָּ מַעְיָן וָנָחַל אַתָּה הֹובַשְׁתָּ נַהֲרֹות אֵיתָן׃ (3483)

16The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

לְךָ יֹום אַף־לְךָ לָיְלָה אַתָּה הֲכִינֹותָ מָאֹור וָשָׁמֶשׁ׃ (2102)

17Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

אַתָּה הִצַּבְתָּ כָּל־גְּבוּלֹות אָרֶץ קַיִץ וָחֹרֶף אַתָּה יְצַרְתָּם ׃ (3331)

18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

זְכָר־זֹאת אֹויֵב חֵרֵף ׀ יְהוָה וְעַם נָבָל נִאֲצוּ שְׁמֶךָ׃ (1673)

19O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

אַל־תִּתֵּן לְחַיַּת נֶפֶשׁ תֹּורֶךָ חַיַּת עֲנִיֶּיךָ אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח לָנֶצַח׃ (3900)

20Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

הַבֵּט לַבְּרִית כִּי מָלְאוּ מַחֲשַׁכֵּי־אֶרֶץ נְאֹות חָמָס׃ (1999)

21O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

אַל־יָשֹׁב דַּךְ נִכְלָם עָנִי וְאֶבְיֹון יְהַלְלוּ שְׁמֶךָ׃ (1153)

22Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

קוּמָה אֱלֹהִים רִיבָה רִיבֶךָ זְכֹר חֶרְפָּתְךָ מִנִּי־נָבָל כָּל־הַיֹּום׃ (1914)

23Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.

אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח קֹול צֹרְרֶיךָ שְׁאֹון קָמֶיךָ עֹלֶה תָמִיד׃ (2501)