73:1

מִזְמוֹר לְאָסָף אַךְ טוֹב לְיִשְׂרָאֵל אֱלֹהִים לְבָרֵי לֵבָב׃

A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, even to such as are pure in heart.

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73:2

וַאֲנִי כִּמְעַט נטוי [נָטָיוּ] רַגְלָי כְּאַיִן שפכה [שֻׁפְּכוּ] אֲשֻׁרָי׃

But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

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73:3

כִּי־קִנֵּאתִי בַּהוֹלְלִים שְׁלוֹם רְשָׁעִים אֶרְאֶה׃

For I was envious at the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

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73:4

כִּי אֵין חַרְצֻבּוֹת לְמוֹתָם וּבָרִיא אוּלָם׃

For there are no pangs at their death, and their body is sound.

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73:5

בַּעֲמַל אֱנוֹשׁ אֵינֵמוֹ וְעִם־אָדָם לֹא יְנֻגָּעוּ׃

In the trouble of man they are not; neither are they plagued like men.

73:6

לָכֵן עֲנָקַתְמוֹ גַאֲוָה יַעֲטָף־שִׁית חָמָס לָמוֹ׃

Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.

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73:7

יָצָא מֵחֵלֶב עֵינֵמוֹ עָבְרוּ מַשְׂכִּיּוֹת לֵבָב׃

Their eyes stand forth from fatness; they are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart.

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73:8

יָמִיקוּ וִידַבְּרוּ בְרָע עֹשֶׁק מִמָּרוֹם יְדַבֵּרוּ׃

They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression; they speak as if there were none on high.

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73:9

שַׁתּוּ בַשָּׁמַיִם פִּיהֶם וּלְשׁוֹנָם תִּהֲלַךְ בָּאָרֶץ׃

They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.

73:10

לָכֵן ישיב [יָשׁוּב] עַמּוֹ הֲלֹם וּמֵי מָלֵא יִמָּצוּ לָמוֹ׃

Therefore His people return hither; And waters of fullness are drained out by them.

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73:11

וְאָמְרוּ אֵיכָה יָדַע־אֵל וְיֵשׁ דֵּעָה בְעֶלְיוֹן׃

And they say: 'How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'

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73:12

הִנֵּה־אֵלֶּה רְשָׁעִים וְשַׁלְוֵי עוֹלָם הִשְׂגּוּ־חָיִל׃

Behold, such are the wicked; And they that are always at ease increase riches.

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73:13

אַךְ־רִיק זִכִּיתִי לְבָבִי וָאֶרְחַץ בְּנִקָּיוֹן כַּפָּי׃

Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;

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73:14

וָאֱהִי נָגוּעַ כָּל־הַיּוֹם וְתוֹכַחְתִּי לַבְּקָרִים׃

For all the day have I been plagued, And my chastisement came every morning.

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73:15

אִם־אָמַרְתִּי אֲסַפְּרָה כְמוֹ הִנֵּה דוֹר בָּנֶיךָ בָגָדְתִּי׃

If I had said: 'I will speak thus', Behold, I had been faithless to the generation of Thy children.

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73:16

וָאֲחַשְּׁבָה לָדַעַת זֹאת עָמָל היא [הוּא] בְעֵינָי׃

And when I pondered how I might know this, It was wearisome in mine eyes;

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73:17

עַד־אָבוֹא אֶל־מִקְדְּשֵׁי־אֵל אָבִינָה לְאַחֲרִיתָם׃

Until I entered into the sanctuary of God, And considered their end.

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73:18

אַךְ בַּחֲלָקוֹת תָּשִׁית לָמוֹ הִפַּלְתָּם לְמַשּׁוּאוֹת׃

Surely Thou settest them in slippery places; Thou hurlest them down to utter ruin.

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73:19

אֵיךְ הָיוּ לְשַׁמָּה כְרָגַע סָפוּ תַמּוּ מִן־בַּלָּהוֹת׃

How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are wholly consumed by terrors.

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73:20

כַּחֲלוֹם מֵהָקִיץ אֲדֹנָי בָּעִיר צַלְמָם תִּבְזֶה׃

As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance.

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73:21

כִּי יִתְחַמֵּץ לְבָבִי וְכִלְיוֹתַי אֶשְׁתּוֹנָן׃

For my heart was in a ferment, And I was pricked in my reins. .

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73:22

וַאֲנִי־בַעַר וְלֹא אֵדָע בְּהֵמוֹת הָיִיתִי עִמָּךְ׃

But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee.

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73:23

וַאֲנִי תָמִיד עִמָּךְ אָחַזְתָּ בְּיַד־יְמִינִי׃

Nevertheless I am continually with Thee; Thou holdest my right hand.

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73:24

בַּעֲצָתְךָ תַנְחֵנִי וְאַחַר כָּבוֹד תִּקָּחֵנִי׃

Thou wilt guide me with Thy counsel, And afterward receive me with glory.

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73:25

מִי־לִי בַשָּׁמָיִם וְעִמְּךָ לֹא־חָפַצְתִּי בָאָרֶץ׃

Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And beside Thee I desire none upon earth.

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73:26

כָּלָה שְׁאֵרִי וּלְבָבִי צוּר־לְבָבִי וְחֶלְקִי אֱלֹהִים לְעוֹלָם׃

My flesh and my heart faileth; But God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.

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73:27

כִּי־הִנֵּה רְחֵקֶיךָ יֹאבֵדוּ הִצְמַתָּה כָּל־זוֹנֶה מִמֶּךָּ׃

For, lo, they that go far from Thee shall perish; Thou dost destroy all them that go astray from Thee.

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73:28

וַאֲנִי קִרֲבַת אֱלֹהִים לִי־טוֹב שַׁתִּי בַּאדֹנָי יְהֹוִה מַחְסִי לְסַפֵּר כָּל־מַלְאֲכוֹתֶיךָ׃

But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, That I may tell of all Thy works.

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