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תהלים · פרק נ׳

תהלים נ׳
א׳ מִזְמ֗וֹר לְאָ֫סָ֥ף אֵ֤ל ׀ אֱ‍ֽלֹהִ֡ים יְֽהוָ֗ה דִּבֶּ֥ר וַיִּקְרָא־אָ֑רֶץ מִמִּזְרַח־שֶׁ֝֗מֶשׁ עַד־מְבֹאֽוֹ׃
1 A psalm of Asaph.
God, the LORD God spoke
and summoned the world from east to west.
1 A Psalm of Asaph. God, God, the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth From the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
ב׳ מִצִּיּ֥וֹן מִכְלַל־יֹ֗פִי אֱלֹהִ֥ים הוֹפִֽיעַ׃
2 From Zion, perfect in beauty,
God appeared
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.
ג׳ יָ֤בֹ֥א אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ וְֽאַל־יֶ֫חֱרַ֥שׁ אֵשׁ־לְפָנָ֥יו תֹּאכֵ֑ל וּ֝סְבִיבָ֗יו נִשְׂעֲרָ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃
3 —let our God come and not fail to act!
Devouring fire preceded Him;
it stormed around Him fiercely.
3 Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence; a fire devoureth before Him, And round about Him it stormeth mightily.
ד׳ יִקְרָ֣א אֶל־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם מֵעָ֑ל וְאֶל־הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ לָדִ֥ין עַמּֽוֹ׃
4 He summoned the heavens above,
and the earth, for the trial of His people.
4 He calleth to the heavens above, and to the earth, that He may judge His people:
ה׳ אִסְפוּ־לִ֥י חֲסִידָ֑י כֹּרְתֵ֖י בְרִיתִ֣י עֲלֵי־זָֽבַח׃
5 “Bring in My devotees,
who made a covenant with Me over sacrifice!”
5 'Gather My saints together unto Me; those that have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.'
ו׳ וַיַּגִּ֣ידוּ שָׁמַ֣יִם צִדְק֑וֹ כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִ֓ים ׀ שֹׁפֵ֖ט ה֣וּא סֶֽלָה׃
6 Then the heavens proclaimed His righteousness,
for He is a God who judges. Selah.
6 And the heavens declare His righteousness; for God, He is judge. Selah
ז׳ שִׁמְעָ֤ה עַמִּ֨י ׀ וַאֲדַבֵּ֗רָה יִ֭שְׂרָאֵל וְאָעִ֣ידָה בָּ֑ךְ אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֱלֹהֶ֣יךָ אָנֹֽכִי׃
7 “Pay heed, My people, and I will speak,
O Israel, and I will arraign you.
I am God, your God.
7 'Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: God, thy God, am I.
ח׳ לֹ֣א עַל־זְ֭בָחֶיךָ אוֹכִיחֶ֑ךָ וְעוֹלֹתֶ֖יךָ לְנֶגְדִּ֣י תָמִֽיד׃
8 I censure you not for your sacrifices,
and your burnt offerings, made to Me daily;
8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; and thy burnt-offerings are continually before Me.
ט׳ לֹא־אֶקַּ֣ח מִבֵּיתְךָ֣ פָ֑ר מִ֝מִּכְלְאֹתֶ֗יךָ עַתּוּדִֽים׃
9 I claim no bull from your estate,
no he-goats from your pens.
9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.
י׳ כִּי־לִ֥י כָל־חַיְתוֹ־יָ֑עַר בְּ֝הֵמ֗וֹת בְּהַרְרֵי־אָֽלֶף׃
10 For Mine is every animal of the forest,
the beasts on a thousand mountains.
10 For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
י"א יָ֭דַעְתִּי כָּל־ע֣וֹף הָרִ֑ים וְזִ֥יז שָׂ֝דַ֗י עִמָּדִֽי׃
11 I know every bird of the mountains,
the creatures of the field are subject to Me.
11 I know all the fowls of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are Mine.
י"ב אִם־אֶ֭רְעַב לֹא־אֹ֣מַר לָ֑ךְ כִּי־לִ֥י תֵ֝בֵ֗ל וּמְלֹאָֽהּ׃
12 Were I hungry, I would not tell you,
for Mine is the world and all it holds.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is Mine, and the fulness thereof.
י"ג הַֽ֭אוֹכַל בְּשַׂ֣ר אַבִּירִ֑ים וְדַ֖ם עַתּוּדִ֣ים אֶשְׁתֶּֽה׃
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls,
or drink the blood of he-goats?
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
י"ד זְבַ֣ח לֵאלֹהִ֣ים תּוֹדָ֑ה וְשַׁלֵּ֖ם לְעֶלְי֣וֹן נְדָרֶֽיךָ׃
14 Sacrifice a thank offering to God,
and pay your vows to the Most High.
14 Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the Most High;
ט"ו וּ֭קְרָאֵנִי בְּי֣וֹם צָרָ֑ה אֲ֝חַלֶּצְךָ֗ וּֽתְכַבְּדֵֽנִי׃
15 Call upon Me in time of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you shall honor Me.”
15 And call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt honour Me.'
ט"ז וְלָ֤רָשָׁ֨ע ׀ אָ֘מַ֤ר אֱלֹהִ֗ים מַה־לְּ֭ךָ לְסַפֵּ֣ר חֻקָּ֑י וַתִּשָּׂ֖א בְרִיתִ֣י עֲלֵי־פִֽיךָ׃
16 And to the wicked, God said:
“Who are you to recite My laws,
and mouth the terms of My covenant,
16 But unto the wicked God saith: 'What hast thou to do to declare My statutes, And that thou hast taken My covenant in thy mouth?
י"ז וְ֭אַתָּה שָׂנֵ֣אתָ מוּסָ֑ר וַתַּשְׁלֵ֖ךְ דְּבָרַ֣י אַחֲרֶֽיךָ׃
17 seeing that you spurn My discipline,
and brush My words aside?
17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest My words behind thee.
י"ח אִם־רָאִ֣יתָ גַ֭נָּב וַתִּ֣רֶץ עִמּ֑וֹ וְעִ֖ם מְנָאֲפִ֣ים חֶלְקֶֽךָ׃
18 When you see a thief, you fall in with him,
and throw in your lot with adulterers;
18 When thou sawest a thief, thou hadst company with him, and with adulterers was thy portion.
י"ט פִּ֭יךָ שָׁלַ֣חְתָּ בְרָעָ֑ה וּ֝לְשׁוֹנְךָ֗ תַּצְמִ֥יד מִרְמָֽה׃
19 you devote your mouth to evil,
and yoke your tongue to deceit;
19 Thou hast let loose thy mouth for evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. .
כ׳ תֵּ֭שֵׁב בְּאָחִ֣יךָ תְדַבֵּ֑ר בְּבֶֽן־אִ֝מְּךָ֗ תִּתֶּן־דֹּֽפִי׃
20 you are busy maligning your brother,
defaming the son of your mother.
20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
כ"א אֵ֤לֶּה עָשִׂ֨יתָ ׀ וְֽהֶחֱרַ֗שְׁתִּי דִּמִּ֗יתָ הֱֽיוֹת־אֶֽהְיֶ֥ה כָמ֑וֹךָ אוֹכִיחֲךָ֖ וְאֶֽעֶרְכָ֣ה לְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃
21 If I failed to act when you did these things,
you would fancy that I was like you;
so I censure you and confront you with charges.
21 These things hast thou done, and should I have kept silence? Thou hadst thought that I was altogether such a one as thyself; but I will reprove thee, and set the cause before thine eyes.
כ"ב בִּֽינוּ־נָ֣א זֹ֭את שֹׁכְחֵ֣י אֱל֑וֹהַּ פֶּן־אֶ֝טְרֹ֗ף וְאֵ֣ין מַצִּֽיל׃
22 Mark this, you who are unmindful of God,
lest I tear you apart and no one save you.
22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
כ"ג זֹבֵ֥חַ תּוֹדָ֗ה יְֽכַ֫בְּדָ֥נְנִי וְשָׂ֥ם דֶּ֑רֶךְ אַ֝רְאֶ֗נּוּ בְּיֵ֣שַׁע אֱלֹהִֽים׃
23 He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me,
and to him who improves his way
I will show the salvation of God.”
23 Whoso offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving honoureth Me; and to him that ordereth his way aright Will I show the salvation of God.'