Maschil of Asaph.
1OGodאֱ֭לֹהִים'E.lo.HimH430,whyלָמָ֣הla.MahH4100hast thou castusoffforever?WhyH4100doth thineangerאַ֝פְּךָ֗'a.pe.khaH639smokeיֶעְשַׁ֥ןye'.ShanH6225againstthesheepבְּצֹ֣אןbe.TzonH6629ofthypastureמַרְעִיתֶֽךָ׃mar.'i.Te.khaH4830? 2Rememberזְכֹ֤רze.KhorH2142thycongregationעֲדָתְךָ֨׀'a.da.te.KhaH5712,whichthou hastgottenofold,Whichthou hastredeemedגָּ֭אַלְתָּGa.'al.taH1350tobethetribeשֵׁ֣בֶטShe.vetH7626ofthineinheritanceנַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָna.cha.la.Te.khaH5159;AndmountZionצִ֝יּ֗וֹןtzi.YonH6726, wherein thou hastdweltשָׁכַ֬נְתָּsha.Khan.taH7931. 3Liftהָרִ֣ימָהha.Ri.mahH7311upthyfeetuntotheperpetualruins,AlltheevilH7489thattheenemyאוֹיֵ֣ב'o.YevH341hathdoneinthesanctuaryבַּקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ba.Ko.deshH6944. 4Thineadversarieshaveroaredשָׁאֲג֣וּsha.'a.GuH7580inthemidstבְּקֶ֣רֶבbe.Ke.revH7130ofthineassembly;Theyhavesetשָׂ֖מוּSa.muH7760uptheirensignsforsignsH226. 5TheyseemedasmenthatliftedupAxesקַרְדֻּמּֽוֹת׃kar.du.MotH7134uponathicketבִּֽסֲבָךְ־bi.sa.vokh-H5442oftreesעֵ֝֗ץ'EtzH6086. 6Andnowוְ֭עַתָּהVe.'a.tahH6258allthecarvedworkthereofTheybreakdownwithhatchetandhammers. 7Theyhavesetthysanctuaryמִקְדָּשֶׁ֑ךָmik.da.She.chaH4720onfireבָ֭אֵשׁVa.'eshH784;TheyhaveprofanedH2490thedwelling-placeofthynameשְׁמֶֽךָ׃she.Me.khaH8034bycastingittothegroundלָ֝אָ֗רֶץla.'A.retzH776. 8TheysaidH559intheirheartבְ֭לִבָּםVe.li.bomH3820, Letusmake havocofthemaltogether:Theyhaveburnedשָׂרְפ֖וּsa.re.FuH8313upallthesynagoguesofGodאֵ֣ל'elH410inthelandבָּאָֽרֶץ׃ba.'A.retzH776. 9WeseeH7200notoursignsאֽוֹתֹתֵ֗ינוּ'o.to.Tei.nuH226:Thereisnomoreanyprophetנָבִ֑יאna.Vi'H5030;NeitheristhereamongusanythatknowethhowH4100long. 10Howlong,OGodאֱ֭לֹהִים'E.lo.HimH430,shalltheadversaryreproachH2778?Shalltheenemyאוֹיֵ֖ב'o.YevH341blasphemethynameשִׁמְךָ֣shim.KhaH8034forever? 11Whyלָ֤מָּהLa.mahH4100drawest thoubackתָשִׁ֣יבta.ShivH7725thyhandיָ֭דְךָYa.de.khaH3027, even thyrightוִֽימִינֶ֑ךָvi.mi.Ne.khaH3225handH3027? Pluckitoutofthy bosomandconsumethem. 12YetGodוֵ֭אלֹהִיםVe.lo.himH430ismyKingמַלְכִּ֣יmal.KiH4428ofold,Workingsalvationיְ֝שׁוּע֗וֹתye.shu.'otH3444inthemidstבְּקֶ֣רֶבbe.Ke.revH7130oftheearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776. 13Thou didst dividetheseaיָ֑םYamH3220bythystrengthבְעָזְּךָ֣ve.'a.ze.KhaH5797: Thou brakesttheheadsרָאשֵׁ֥יra.SheiH7218ofthesea-monstersinthewatersהַמָּֽיִם׃ha.Ma.yimH4325. 14Thou brakesttheheadsרָאשֵׁ֣יra.SheiH7218ofleviathanלִוְיָתָ֑ןliv.ya.TanH3882inpieces; Thou gavesthimtobefoodמַ֝אֲכָ֗לma.'a.KhalH3978tothepeopleלְעָ֣םle.'AmH5971inhabitingthewilderness. 15Thou didst cleavefountainandflood: Thou driedstupmightyriversנַהֲר֥וֹתna.ha.RotH5104. 16Thedayי֭וֹםYomH3117isthine,thenightלָ֑יְלָהLa.ye.lahH3915alsoאַף־'af-H637isthine: Thou hastpreparedH3559thelightH3974andthesunוָשָֽׁמֶשׁ׃va.Sha.meshH8121. 17Thou hastsetH5324allthebordersH1367oftheearthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776: Thou hastmadesummerקַ֥יִץKa.yitzH7019andwinterוָ֝חֹ֗רֶףva.Cho.refH2779. 18Rememberזְכָר־ze.khor-H2142this,thattheenemyא֭וֹיֵב'o.yevH341hath reproached,OJehovah,Andthatafoolishנָ֝בָ֗לna.ValH5036peopleוְעַ֥םve.'AmH5971hathblasphemedthynameשְׁמֶֽךָ׃she.Me.khaH8034. 19OhdelivernotthesoulH5315ofthy turtle-dove untothewildbeast:Forgetתִּשְׁכַּ֥חtish.KachH7911notthelifeנֶ֣פֶשׁNe.feshH5315ofthypoorעֲ֝נִיֶּ֗יךָ'a.ni.Yei.khaH6041forever. 20Haverespect untothecovenantלַבְּרִ֑יתla.be.RitH1285;Forthedarkמַחֲשַׁכֵּי־ma.cha.sha.kei-H4285placesH4285oftheearthH776arefullמָלְא֥וּmal.'UH4390ofthehabitationsofviolenceחָמָֽס׃cha.MasH2555. 21Ohletnottheoppressedreturnיָשֹׁ֣בya.ShoH7725ashamedH3637:Letthepoorעָנִ֥י'a.NiH6041andneedyוְ֝אֶבְי֗וֹןve.'ev.YonH34praiseיְֽהַלְל֥וּye.ha.LuH1984thynameשְׁמֶֽךָ׃she.Me.khaH8034. 22Ariseקוּמָ֣הku.MahH6965,OGodאֱ֭לֹהִים'E.lo.HimH430,pleadthine owncauseH7379:Rememberזְכֹ֥רze.KhorH2142howthefoolishH5036manreproacheth theeallthedayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117. 23Forgetתִּ֭שְׁכַּחTish.kachH7911notthevoiceH6963ofthineadversaries:Thetumultofthosethatriseקָ֝מֶ֗יךָka.Mei.chaH6965upagainstthee ascendethcontinuallyתָמִֽיד׃ta.MidH8548. Commentaries on Psalms 74
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