Psalms 78

מַשְׂכִּ֗יל לְאָ֫סָ֥ף הַאֲזִ֣ינָה עַ֭מִּי תּוֹרָתִ֑י הַטּ֥וּ אָ֝זְנְכֶ֗ם לְאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃

A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.

Maschil of Asaph.

Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

אֶפְתְּחָ֣ה בְמָשָׁ֣ל פִּ֑י אַבִּ֥יעָה חִ֝יד֗וֹת מִנִּי־קֶֽדֶם׃

I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁ֭מַעְנוּ וַנֵּדָעֵ֑ם וַ֝אֲבוֹתֵ֗ינוּ סִפְּרוּ־לָֽנוּ׃

that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.

Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

לֹ֤א נְכַחֵ֨ד ׀ מִבְּנֵיהֶ֗ם לְד֥וֹר אַחֲר֗וֹן מְֽ֭סַפְּרִים תְּהִלּ֣וֹת יְהוָ֑ה וֶעֱזוּז֥וֹ וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָֽׂה׃

We will not hide them from their children but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might and the wonders He has performed.

We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

וַיָּ֤קֶם עֵד֨וּת ׀ בְּֽיַעֲקֹ֗ב וְתוֹרָה֮ שָׂ֤ם בְּיִשְׂרָ֫אֵ֥ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִ֭וָּה אֶת־אֲבוֹתֵ֑ינוּ לְ֝הוֹדִיעָ֗ם לִבְנֵיהֶֽם׃

For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

לְמַ֤עַן יֵדְע֨וּ ׀ דּ֣וֹר אַ֭חֲרוֹן בָּנִ֣ים יִוָּלֵ֑דוּ יָ֝קֻ֗מוּ וִֽיסַפְּר֥וּ לִבְנֵיהֶֽם׃

that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own children

That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

וְיָשִׂ֥ימוּ בֵֽאלֹהִ֗ים כִּ֫סְלָ֥ם וְלֹ֣א יִ֭שְׁכְּחוּ מַֽעַלְלֵי־אֵ֑ל וּמִצְוֺתָ֥יו יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃

that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.

That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

וְלֹ֤א יִהְי֨וּ ׀ כַּאֲבוֹתָ֗ם דּוֹר֮ סוֹרֵ֪ר וּמֹ֫רֶ֥ה דּ֭וֹר לֹא־הֵכִ֣ין לִבּ֑וֹ וְלֹא־נֶאֶמְנָ֖ה אֶת־אֵ֣ל רוּחֽוֹ׃

Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

בְּֽנֵי־אֶפְרַ֗יִם נוֹשְׁקֵ֥י רוֹמֵי־קָ֑שֶׁת הָ֝פְכ֗וּ בְּי֣וֹם קְרָֽב׃

The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.

The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

לֹ֣א שָׁ֭מְרוּ בְּרִ֣ית אֱלֹהִ֑ים וּ֝בְתוֹרָת֗וֹ מֵאֲנ֥וּ לָלֶֽכֶת׃

They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.

They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

וַיִּשְׁכְּח֥וּ עֲלִילוֹתָ֑יו וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֶרְאָֽם׃

They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.

And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.

נֶ֣גֶד אֲ֭בוֹתָם עָ֣שָׂה פֶ֑לֶא בְּאֶ֖רֶץ מִצְרַ֣יִם שְׂדֵה־צֹֽעַן׃

He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.

Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

בָּ֣קַע יָ֭ם וַיַּֽעֲבִירֵ֑ם וַֽיַּצֶּב־מַ֥יִם כְּמוֹ־נֵֽד׃

He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.

He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

וַיַּנְחֵ֣ם בֶּעָנָ֣ן יוֹמָ֑ם וְכָל־הַ֝לַּ֗יְלָה בְּא֣וֹר אֵֽשׁ׃

He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.

In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

יְבַקַּ֣ע צֻ֭רִים בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר וַ֝יַּ֗שְׁקְ כִּתְהֹמ֥וֹת רַבָּֽה׃

He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.

He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

וַיּוֹצִ֣א נוֹזְלִ֣ים מִסָּ֑לַע וַיּ֖וֹרֶד כַּנְּהָר֣וֹת מָֽיִם׃

He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.

He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

וַיּוֹסִ֣יפוּ ע֭וֹד לַחֲטֹא־ל֑וֹ לַֽמְר֥וֹת עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן בַּצִּיָּֽה׃

But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.

And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

וַיְנַסּוּ־אֵ֥ל בִּלְבָבָ֑ם לִֽשְׁאָל־אֹ֥כֶל לְנַפְשָֽׁם׃

They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.

And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

וַֽיְדַבְּר֗וּ בֵּֽאלֹ֫הִ֥ים אָ֭מְרוּ הֲי֣וּכַל אֵ֑ל לַעֲרֹ֥ךְ שֻׁ֝לְחָ֗ן בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?

Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

הֵ֤ן הִכָּה־צ֨וּר ׀ וַיָּז֣וּבוּ מַיִם֮ וּנְחָלִ֪ים יִ֫שְׁטֹ֥פוּ הֲגַם־לֶ֭חֶם י֣וּכַל תֵּ֑ת אִם־יָכִ֖ין שְׁאֵ֣ר לְעַמּֽוֹ׃

When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”

Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

לָכֵ֤ן ׀ שָׁמַ֥ע יְהוָ֗ה וַֽיִּתְעַבָּ֥ר וְ֭אֵשׁ נִשְּׂקָ֣ה בְיַעֲקֹ֑ב וְגַם־אַ֝֗ף עָלָ֥ה בְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared against Israel,

Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;

כִּ֤י לֹ֣א הֶ֭אֱמִינוּ בֵּאלֹהִ֑ים וְלֹ֥א בָ֝טְח֗וּ בִּֽישׁוּעָתֽוֹ׃

because they did not believe God or rely on His salvation.

Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:

וַיְצַ֣ו שְׁחָקִ֣ים מִמָּ֑עַל וְדַלְתֵ֖י שָׁמַ֣יִם פָּתָֽח׃

Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens.

Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

וַיַּמְטֵ֬ר עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם מָ֣ן לֶאֱכֹ֑ל וּדְגַן־שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם נָ֣תַן לָֽמוֹ׃

He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven.

And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

לֶ֣חֶם אַ֭בִּירִים אָ֣כַל אִ֑ישׁ צֵידָ֬ה שָׁלַ֖ח לָהֶ֣ם לָשֹֽׂבַע׃

Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.

Man did eat angels’ food: he sent them meat to the full.

יַסַּ֣ע קָ֭דִים בַּשָּׁמָ֑יִם וַיְנַהֵ֖ג בְּעֻזּ֣וֹ תֵימָֽן׃

He stirred the east wind from the heavens and drove the south wind by His might.

He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.

וַיַּמְטֵ֬ר עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם כֶּעָפָ֣ר שְׁאֵ֑ר וּֽכְח֥וֹל יַ֝מִּ֗ים ע֣וֹף כָּנָֽף׃

He rained meat on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea.

He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:

וַ֭יַּפֵּל בְּקֶ֣רֶב מַחֲנֵ֑הוּ סָ֝בִ֗יב לְמִשְׁכְּנֹתָֽיו׃

He felled them in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings.

And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.

וַיֹּאכְל֣וּ וַיִּשְׂבְּע֣וּ מְאֹ֑ד וְ֝תַֽאֲוָתָ֗ם יָבִ֥א לָהֶֽם׃

So they ate and were well filled, for He gave them what they craved.

So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;

לֹא־זָר֥וּ מִתַּאֲוָתָ֑ם ע֝֗וֹד אָכְלָ֥ם בְּפִיהֶֽם׃

Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths,

They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

וְאַ֤ף אֱלֹהִ֨ים ׀ עָ֘לָ֤ה בָהֶ֗ם וַֽ֭יַּהֲרֹג בְּמִשְׁמַנֵּיהֶ֑ם וּבַחוּרֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל הִכְרִֽיעַ׃

God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel.

The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

בְּכָל־זֹ֭את חָֽטְאוּ־ע֑וֹד וְלֹֽא־הֶ֝אֱמִ֗ינוּ בְּנִפְלְאוֹתָֽיו׃

In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe.

For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.

וַיְכַל־בַּהֶ֥בֶל יְמֵיהֶ֑ם וּ֝שְׁנוֹתָ֗ם בַּבֶּהָלָֽה׃

So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror.

Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

אִם־הֲרָגָ֥ם וּדְרָשׁ֑וּהוּ וְ֝שָׁ֗בוּ וְשִֽׁחֲרוּ־אֵֽל׃

When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.

When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.

וַֽ֭יִּזְכְּרוּ כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִ֣ים צוּרָ֑ם וְאֵ֥ל עֶ֝לְיוֹן גֹּאֲלָֽם׃

And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.

And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

וַיְפַתּ֥וּהוּ בְּפִיהֶ֑ם וּ֝בִלְשׁוֹנָ֗ם יְכַזְּבוּ־לֽוֹ׃

But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.

Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

וְ֭לִבָּם לֹא־נָכ֣וֹן עִמּ֑וֹ וְלֹ֥א נֶ֝אֶמְנ֗וּ בִּבְרִיתֽוֹ׃

Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.

For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

וְה֤וּא רַח֨וּם ׀ יְכַפֵּ֥ר עָוֺן֮ וְֽלֹא־יַ֫שְׁחִ֥ית וְ֭הִרְבָּה לְהָשִׁ֣יב אַפּ֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־יָ֝עִיר כָּל־חֲמָתֽוֹ׃

And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.

But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

וַ֭יִּזְכֹּר כִּי־בָשָׂ֣ר הֵ֑מָּה ר֥וּחַ ה֝וֹלֵ֗ךְ וְלֹ֣א יָשֽׁוּב׃

He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.

For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

כַּ֭מָּה יַמְר֣וּהוּ בַמִּדְבָּ֑ר יַ֝עֲצִיב֗וּהוּ בִּֽישִׁימֽוֹן׃

How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!

How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

וַיָּשׁ֣וּבוּ וַיְנַסּ֣וּ אֵ֑ל וּקְד֖וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל הִתְווּ׃

Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

לֹא־זָכְר֥וּ אֶת־יָד֑וֹ י֝֗וֹם אֲֽשֶׁר־פָּדָ֥ם מִנִּי־צָֽר׃

They did not remember His power—the day He redeemed them from the adversary,

They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.

אֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֣ם בְּ֭מִצְרַיִם אֹֽתוֹתָ֑יו וּ֝מוֹפְתָ֗יו בִּשְׂדֵה־צֹֽעַן׃

when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.

How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:

וַיַּהֲפֹ֣ךְ לְ֭דָם יְאֹרֵיהֶ֑ם וְ֝נֹזְלֵיהֶ֗ם בַּל־יִשְׁתָּיֽוּן׃

He turned their rivers to blood, and from their streams they could not drink.

And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.

יְשַׁלַּ֬ח בָּהֶ֣ם עָ֭רֹב וַיֹּאכְלֵ֑ם וּ֝צְפַרְדֵּ֗עַ וַתַּשְׁחִיתֵֽם׃

He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.

He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

וַיִּתֵּ֣ן לֶחָסִ֣יל יְבוּלָ֑ם וִֽ֝יגִיעָ֗ם לָאַרְבֶּֽה׃

He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.

He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.

יַהֲרֹ֣ג בַּבָּרָ֣ד גַּפְנָ֑ם וְ֝שִׁקְמוֹתָ֗ם בַּֽחֲנָמַֽל׃

He killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet.

He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.

וַיַּסְגֵּ֣ר לַבָּרָ֣ד בְּעִירָ֑ם וּ֝מִקְנֵיהֶ֗ם לָרְשָׁפִֽים׃

He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning.

He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

יְשַׁלַּח־בָּ֨ם ׀ חֲר֬וֹן אַפּ֗וֹ עֶבְרָ֣ה וָזַ֣עַם וְצָרָ֑ה מִ֝שְׁלַ֗חַת מַלְאֲכֵ֥י רָעִֽים׃

He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity—a band of destroying angels.

He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

יְפַלֵּ֥ס נָתִ֗יב לְאַ֫פּ֥וֹ לֹא־חָשַׂ֣ךְ מִמָּ֣וֶת נַפְשָׁ֑ם וְ֝חַיָּתָ֗ם לַדֶּ֥בֶר הִסְגִּֽיר׃

He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.

He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

וַיַּ֣ךְ כָּל־בְּכ֣וֹר בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם רֵאשִׁ֥ית א֝וֹנִ֗ים בְּאָהֳלֵי־חָֽם׃

He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.

And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

וַיַּסַּ֣ע כַּצֹּ֣אן עַמּ֑וֹ וַֽיְנַהֲגֵ֥ם כַּ֝עֵ֗דֶר בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.

But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

וַיַּנְחֵ֣ם לָ֭בֶטַח וְלֹ֣א פָחָ֑דוּ וְאֶת־א֝וֹיְבֵיהֶ֗ם כִּסָּ֥ה הַיָּֽם׃

He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.

And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

וַ֭יְבִיאֵם אֶל־גְּב֣וּל קָדְשׁ֑וֹ הַר־זֶ֝֗ה קָנְתָ֥ה יְמִינֽוֹ׃

He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired.

And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.

וַיְגָ֤רֶשׁ מִפְּנֵיהֶ֨ם ׀ גּוֹיִ֗ם וַֽ֭יַּפִּילֵם בְּחֶ֣בֶל נַחֲלָ֑ה וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֥ן בְּ֝אָהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

וַיְנַסּ֣וּ וַ֭יַּמְרוּ אֶת־אֱלֹהִ֣ים עֶלְי֑וֹן וְ֝עֵדוֹתָ֗יו לֹ֣א שָׁמָֽרוּ׃

But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

וַיִּסֹּ֣גוּ וַֽ֭יִּבְגְּדוּ כַּאֲבוֹתָ֑ם נֶ֝הְפְּכ֗וּ כְּקֶ֣שֶׁת רְמִיָּֽה׃

They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.

But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

וַיַּכְעִיס֥וּהוּ בְּבָמוֹתָ֑ם וּ֝בִפְסִילֵיהֶ֗ם יַקְנִיאֽוּהוּ׃

They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.

For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

שָׁמַ֣ע אֱ֭לֹהִים וַֽיִּתְעַבָּ֑ר וַיִּמְאַ֥ס מְ֝אֹ֗ד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.

When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

וַ֭יִּטֹּשׁ מִשְׁכַּ֣ן שִׁל֑וֹ אֹ֝֗הֶל שִׁכֵּ֥ן בָּאָדָֽם׃

He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.

So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;

וַיִּתֵּ֣ן לַשְּׁבִ֣י עֻזּ֑וֹ וְֽתִפְאַרְתּ֥וֹ בְיַד־צָֽר׃

He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary.

And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand.

וַיַּסְגֵּ֣ר לַחֶ֣רֶב עַמּ֑וֹ וּ֝בְנַחֲלָת֗וֹ הִתְעַבָּֽר׃

He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage.

He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.

בַּחוּרָ֥יו אָֽכְלָה־אֵ֑שׁ וּ֝בְתוּלֹתָ֗יו לֹ֣א הוּלָּֽלוּ׃

Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.

The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.

כֹּ֭הֲנָיו בַּחֶ֣רֶב נָפָ֑לוּ וְ֝אַלְמְנֹתָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִבְכֶּֽינָה׃

His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.

Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

וַיִּקַ֖ץ כְּיָשֵׁ֥ן ׀ אֲדֹנָ֑י כְּ֝גִבּ֗וֹר מִתְרוֹנֵ֥ן מִיָּֽיִן׃

Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.

Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

וַיַּךְ־צָרָ֥יו אָח֑וֹר חֶרְפַּ֥ת ע֝וֹלָ֗ם נָ֣תַן לָֽמוֹ׃

He beat back His foes; He put them to everlasting shame.

And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.

וַ֭יִּמְאַס בְּאֹ֣הֶל יוֹסֵ֑ף וּֽבְשֵׁ֥בֶט אֶ֝פְרַ֗יִם לֹ֣א בָחָֽר׃

He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim.

Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

וַ֭יִּבְחַר אֶת־שֵׁ֣בֶט יְהוּדָ֑ה אֶֽת־הַ֥ר צִ֝יּ֗וֹן אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָהֵֽב׃

But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

וַיִּ֣בֶן כְּמוֹ־רָ֭מִים מִקְדָּשׁ֑וֹ כְּ֝אֶ֗רֶץ יְסָדָ֥הּ לְעוֹלָֽם׃

He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.

And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.

וַ֭יִּבְחַר בְּדָוִ֣ד עַבְדּ֑וֹ וַ֝יִּקָּחֵ֗הוּ מִֽמִּכְלְאֹ֥ת צֹֽאן׃

He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;

He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

מֵאַחַ֥ר עָל֗וֹת הֱ֫בִיא֥וֹ לִ֭רְעוֹת בְּיַעֲקֹ֣ב עַמּ֑וֹ וּ֝בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל נַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃

from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.

From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

וַ֭יִּרְעֵם כְּתֹ֣ם לְבָב֑וֹ וּבִתְבוּנ֖וֹת כַּפָּ֣יו יַנְחֵֽם׃

So David shepherded them with integrity of heart and guided them with skillful hands.

So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.