א׳
מִזְמ֗וֹר לְאָ֫סָ֥ף אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים נִצָּ֥ב בַּעֲדַת־אֵ֑ל בְּקֶ֖רֶב אֱלֹהִ֣ים יִשְׁפֹּֽט׃
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A psalm of Asaph.
God stands in the divine assembly;
among the divine beings He pronounces judgment.
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A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of God; in the midst of the judges He judgeth:
אֱלֹהִים נִצָּב בַּעֲדַת אֵל. לִרְאוֹת אִם אֱמֶת יִשְׁפֹּטוּ. וְאַתֶּם, הַדַּיָּנִים, עַד מָתַי תִּשְׁפְּטוּ עָוֶל?!
God stands in the congregation of God to see whether they [the judges] judge fairly, and you judges, how long will you judge unjustly?
ב׳
עַד־מָתַ֥י תִּשְׁפְּטוּ־עָ֑וֶל וּפְנֵ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים תִּשְׂאוּ־סֶֽלָה׃
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How long will you judge perversely,
showing favor to the wicked? Selah.
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'How long will ye judge unjustly, and respect the persons of the wicked? Selah
ג׳
שִׁפְטוּ־דַ֥ל וְיָת֑וֹם עָנִ֖י וָרָ֣שׁ הַצְדִּֽיקוּ׃
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Judge the wretched and the orphan,
vindicate the lowly and the poor,
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Judge the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
הַצְדִּיקוּ. אִם זַכַּאי הוּא בְּדִינוֹ, אַל תַּהַפְּכוּ דִינוֹ לְטוֹבָה בִּשְׁבִיל לָשֵׂאת פְּנֵי רְשָׁעִים:
justify If he [the poor man] is right in his cause, do not reverse the verdict to condemn him in order to favor the wicked.
ד׳
פַּלְּטוּ־דַ֥ל וְאֶבְי֑וֹן מִיַּ֖ד רְשָׁעִ֣ים הַצִּֽילוּ׃
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rescue the wretched and the needy;
save them from the hand of the wicked.
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Rescue the poor and needy; deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
ה׳
לֹ֤א יָֽדְע֨וּ ׀ וְלֹ֥א יָבִ֗ינוּ בַּחֲשֵׁכָ֥ה יִתְהַלָּ֑כוּ יִ֝מּ֗וֹטוּ כָּל־מ֥וֹסְדֵי אָֽרֶץ׃
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They neither know nor understand,
they go about in darkness;
all the foundations of the earth totter.
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They know not, neither do they understand; they go about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are moved.
לֹא יָדְעוּ. הַדַּיָּנִין הַמְעַוְּתִים אֶת הַדִּין:
They did not know The judges who pervert justice.
וְלֹא יָבִינוּ. אֶת אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁבִיל הֶעָוֹן הַזֶּה יִתְהַלְּכוּ בַּחֲשֵׁכָה (עַל דֶּרֶךְ ״כִּי הַשֹּׁחַד יְעַוֵּר וְגוֹ׳״ (שמות כג:ח)), וְיִמּוֹטוּ עַל כָּךְ מוֹסְדֵי אָרֶץ:
and they do not understand that because of this iniquity, they will walk in the dark (on the order of [Exod. 23:8]: “for bribery blinds, etc.”), and all the foundations of the earth will totter because of it.
ו׳
אֲֽנִי־אָ֭מַרְתִּי אֱלֹהִ֣ים אַתֶּ֑ם וּבְנֵ֖י עֶלְי֣וֹן כֻּלְּכֶֽם׃
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I had taken you for divine beings,
sons of the Most High, all of you;
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I said: Ye are godlike beings, and all of you sons of the Most High.
אֱלֹהִים אַתֶּם. מַלְאָכִים; כְּשֶׁנָּתַתִּי לָכֶם אֶת הַתּוֹרָה, נְתַתִּיהָ לָכֶם עַל מְנָת שֶׁאֵין מַלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת שׁוֹלֵט עוֹד בָּכֶם:
You are angelic creatures Angels. When I gave you the Torah, I gave it to you on the condition that the Angel of Death should not rule over you.
ז׳
אָ֭כֵן כְּאָדָ֣ם תְּמוּת֑וּן וּכְאַחַ֖ד הַשָּׂרִ֣ים תִּפֹּֽלוּ׃
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but you shall die as men do,
fall like any prince.
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Nevertheless ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.'
אָכֵן כְּאָדָם תְּמוּתוּן. אָכֵן כְּאָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן תְּמוּתוּן, אַחֲרֵי שֶׁחִבַּלְתֶּם מַעֲשֵׂיכֶם כְּמוֹהוּ (עבודה זרה ה,א; מכילתא יתרו בחדש ט):
Indeed, as man, you will die Indeed, as Adam, you will die since you corrupted your deeds as he did.
וּכְאַחַד הַשָּׂרִים. הָרִאשׁוֹנִים שֶׁמֵּתוּ, כֵּן תִּפֹּלוּ. וּמִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה : כְּאַחַד הַשָּׂרִים שֶׁל מַעְלָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיהו כד:כא): ״יִפְקֹד ה׳ עַל צְבָא הַמָּרוֹם בַּמָּרוֹם״:
and as one of the princes the first [princes], who died, so will you fall. The Midrash Aggadah (Mid. Ps. 82:3) [explains]: As one of the celestial princes, for it is said (Isa. 24:21): “the Lord will visit punishment upon the host of heaven on high.”
ח׳
קוּמָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים שָׁפְטָ֣ה הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּֽי־אַתָּ֥ה תִ֝נְחַ֗ל בְּכָל־הַגּוֹיִֽם׃
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Arise, O God, judge the earth,
for all the nations are Your possession.
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Arise, O God, judge the earth; for Thou shalt possess all the nations.
קוּמָה אֱלֹהִים. אָסָף הִתְחִיל לְהִתְפַּלֵּל שֶׁיָּקוּם וְיַכְרִית אוֹתָם הַדַּיָּנִין הַמְקֻלְקָלִין מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל:
Arise, O God Asaph commences to pray that He rise and cut off from Israel those corrupt judges.
כִּי אַתָּה. הוּא הַנּוֹחֵל הַגּוֹיִם, וְהַכֹּל בְּיָדְךָ לִשְׁפּוֹט:
for You are the One Who inherits the nations, and everyone is in Your hands to judge.