Psalms 74

מַשְׂכִּ֗יל לְאָ֫סָ֥ף לָמָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים זָנַ֣חְתָּ לָנֶ֑צַח יֶעְשַׁ֥ן אַ֝פְּךָ֗ בְּצֹ֣אן מַרְעִיתֶֽךָ׃

A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?

Maschil of Asaph.

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

זְכֹ֤ר עֲדָתְךָ֨ ׀ קָ֘נִ֤יתָ קֶּ֗דֶם גָּ֭אַלְתָּ שֵׁ֣בֶט נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ הַר־צִ֝יּ֗וֹן זֶ֤ה ׀ שָׁכַ֬נְתָּ בּֽוֹ׃

Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion, where You dwell.

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

הָרִ֣ימָה פְ֭עָמֶיךָ לְמַשֻּׁא֣וֹת נֶ֑צַח כָּל־הֵרַ֖ע אוֹיֵ֣ב בַּקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃

Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.

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

שָׁאֲג֣וּ צֹ֭רְרֶיךָ בְּקֶ֣רֶב מוֹעֲדֶ֑ךָ שָׂ֖מוּ אוֹתֹתָ֣ם אֹתֽוֹת׃

Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,

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

יִ֭וָּדַע כְּמֵבִ֣יא לְמָ֑עְלָה בִּֽסֲבָךְ־עֵ֝֗ץ קַרְדֻּמּֽוֹת׃

like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees

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

(ועת) [וְ֭עַתָּה] פִּתּוּחֶ֣יהָ יָּ֑חַד בְּכַשִּׁ֥יל וְ֝כֵֽילַפֹּ֗ת יַהֲלֹמֽוּן׃

and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.

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

שִׁלְח֣וּ בָ֭אֵשׁ מִקְדָּשֶׁ֑ךָ לָ֝אָ֗רֶץ חִלְּל֥וּ מִֽשְׁכַּן־שְׁמֶֽךָ׃

They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.

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

אָמְר֣וּ בְ֭לִבָּם נִינָ֣ם יָ֑חַד שָׂרְפ֖וּ כָל־מוֹעֲדֵי־אֵ֣ל בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.

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

אֽוֹתֹתֵ֗ינוּ לֹ֥א רָ֫אִ֥ינוּ אֵֽין־ע֥וֹד נָבִ֑יא וְלֹֽא־אִ֝תָּ֗נוּ יֹדֵ֥עַ עַד־מָֽה׃

There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.

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

עַד־מָתַ֣י אֱ֭לֹהִים יְחָ֣רֶף צָ֑ר יְנָ֘אֵ֤ץ אוֹיֵ֖ב שִׁמְךָ֣ לָנֶֽצַח׃

How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?

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

לָ֤מָּה תָשִׁ֣יב יָ֭דְךָ וִֽימִינֶ֑ךָ מִקֶּ֖רֶב (חוקך) [חֵֽיקְךָ֣] כַלֵּֽה׃

Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!

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

וֵ֭אלֹהִים מַלְכִּ֣י מִקֶּ֑דֶם פֹּעֵ֥ל יְ֝שׁוּע֗וֹת בְּקֶ֣רֶב הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.

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

אַתָּ֤ה פוֹרַ֣רְתָּ בְעָזְּךָ֣ יָ֑ם שִׁבַּ֖רְתָּ רָאשֵׁ֥י תַ֝נִּינִ֗ים עַל־הַמָּֽיִם׃

You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;

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

אַתָּ֣ה רִ֭צַּצְתָּ רָאשֵׁ֣י לִוְיָתָ֑ן תִּתְּנֶ֥נּוּ מַ֝אֲכָ֗ל לְעָ֣ם לְצִיִּֽים׃

You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.

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

אַתָּ֣ה בָ֭קַעְתָּ מַעְיָ֣ן וָנָ֑חַל אַתָּ֥ה ה֝וֹבַ֗שְׁתָּ נַהֲר֥וֹת אֵיתָֽן׃

You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.

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

לְךָ֣ י֭וֹם אַף־לְךָ֥ לָ֑יְלָה אַתָּ֥ה הֲ֝כִינ֗וֹתָ מָא֥וֹר וָשָֽׁמֶשׁ׃

The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.

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

אַתָּ֣ה הִ֭צַּבְתָּ כָּל־גְּבוּל֣וֹת אָ֑רֶץ קַ֥יִץ וָ֝חֹ֗רֶף אַתָּ֥ה יְצַרְתָּם׃

You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.

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

זְכָר־זֹ֗את א֭וֹיֵב חֵרֵ֣ף ׀ יְהוָ֑ה וְעַ֥ם נָ֝בָ֗ל נִֽאֲצ֥וּ שְׁמֶֽךָ׃

Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.

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

אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן לְ֭חַיַּת נֶ֣פֶשׁ תּוֹרֶ֑ךָ חַיַּ֥ת עֲ֝נִיֶּ֗יךָ אַל־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח לָנֶֽצַח׃

Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.

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

הַבֵּ֥ט לַבְּרִ֑ית כִּ֥י מָלְא֥וּ מַחֲשַׁכֵּי־אֶ֝֗רֶץ נְא֣וֹת חָמָֽס׃

Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.

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

אַל־יָשֹׁ֣ב דַּ֣ךְ נִכְלָ֑ם עָנִ֥י וְ֝אֶבְי֗וֹן יְֽהַלְל֥וּ שְׁמֶֽךָ׃

Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.

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

קוּמָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים רִיבָ֣ה רִיבֶ֑ךָ זְכֹ֥ר חֶרְפָּתְךָ֥ מִנִּי־נָ֝בָ֗ל כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃

Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.

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

אַל־תִּ֭שְׁכַּח ק֣וֹל צֹרְרֶ֑יךָ שְׁא֥וֹן קָ֝מֶ֗יךָ עֹלֶ֥ה תָמִֽיד׃

Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.

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