An instruction: of Asaph.
1Whyלָמָ֣הla.MahH4100,OGodאֱ֭לֹהִים'E.lo.HimH430, hast thou cast offforever? [whyH4100] doth thineangerאַ֝פְּךָ֗'a.pe.khaH639smokeיֶעְשַׁ֥ןye'.ShanH6225againstthesheepבְּצֹ֣אןbe.TzonH6629ofthypastureמַרְעִיתֶֽךָ׃mar.'i.Te.khaH4830? 2Rememberזְכֹ֤רze.KhorH2142thineassemblyH5712,whichthou hastpurchasedofold,whichthou hastredeemedגָּ֭אַלְתָּGa.'al.taH1350[tobe]theportionofthineinheritanceנַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָna.cha.la.Te.khaH5159,thismountZionצִ֝יּ֗וֹןtzi.YonH6726, wherein thou hastdweltשָׁכַ֬נְתָּsha.Khan.taH7931. 3Liftהָרִ֣ימָהha.Ri.mahH7311upthystepsuntotheperpetualdesolations:everythingכָּל־kol-H3605inthesanctuaryבַּקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ba.Ko.deshH6944haththeenemyאוֹיֵ֣ב'o.YevH341destroyed. 4Thineadversariesroarשָׁאֲג֣וּsha.'a.GuH7580inthemidstבְּקֶ֣רֶבbe.Ke.revH7130ofthyplaceH7760ofassembly;theysetשָׂ֖מוּSa.muH7760uptheirsignsאוֹתֹתָ֣ם'o.to.TamH226[for]signsאֹתֽוֹת׃'o.TotH226. 5[Aman]wasknownH3045ashecould liftupaxesinthethicketבִּֽסֲבָךְ־bi.sa.vokh-H5442oftreesעֵ֝֗ץ'EtzH6086; 6Andnowוְ֭עַתָּהVe.'a.tahH6258theybreakdownitscarvedworkaltogetherיָּ֑חַדYa.chadH3162,withhatchetsandhammers. 7Theyhavesetonfireבָ֭אֵשׁVa.'eshH784thysanctuaryמִקְדָּשֶׁ֑ךָmik.da.She.chaH4720,theyhaveprofanedH2490thehabitationofthynameשְׁמֶֽךָ׃she.Me.khaH8034tothegroundלָ֝אָ֗רֶץla.'A.retzH776. 8TheysaidH559intheirheartבְ֭לִבָּםVe.li.bomH3820, LetusdestroythemtogetherH3162:theyhaveburnedשָׂרְפ֖וּsa.re.FuH8313upallGod'splacesofassemblyinthelandבָּאָֽרֶץ׃ba.'A.retzH776. 9WeseeH7200notoursignsאֽוֹתֹתֵ֗ינוּ'o.to.Tei.nuH226;thereisnomoreanyprophetנָבִ֑יאna.Vi'H5030,neitheristhereamongusanythatknowethhowH4100long. 10Howlong,OGodאֱ֭לֹהִים'E.lo.HimH430,shalltheadversaryreproachH2778?Shalltheenemyאוֹיֵ֖ב'o.YevH341contemn thynameשִׁמְךָ֣shim.KhaH8034forever? 11Whyלָ֤מָּהLa.mahH4100withdrawest thou thyhandיָ֭דְךָYa.de.khaH3027,andthyrightוִֽימִינֶ֑ךָvi.mi.Ne.khaH3225handH3027? [pluckit]outofthy bosom:consume[them]. 12ButGodוֵ֭אלֹהִיםVe.lo.himH430ismykingמַלְכִּ֣יmal.KiH4428ofold, accomplishing deliverancesinthemidstבְּקֶ֣רֶבbe.Ke.revH7130oftheearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776. 13Thou didst dividetheseaיָ֑םYamH3220bythystrengthבְעָזְּךָ֣ve.'a.ze.KhaH5797; thou didstbreakH7665theheadsרָאשֵׁ֥יra.SheiH7218ofthemonstersתַ֝נִּינִ֗יםta.ni.NimH8577onthewatersהַמָּֽיִם׃ha.Ma.yimH4325: 14Thou didst breakinpiecestheheadsרָאשֵׁ֣יra.SheiH7218ofleviathanלִוְיָתָ֑ןliv.ya.TanH3882, thou gavesthimtobemeattothosethatpeopleלְעָ֣םle.'AmH5971thedesert. 15Thou didst cleavefountainandtorrent, thou driedstupever-flowingriversנַהֲר֥וֹתna.ha.RotH5104. 16Thedayי֭וֹםYomH3117isthine,thenightלָ֑יְלָהLa.ye.lahH3915alsoאַף־'af-H637isthine; thou hastpreparedH3559themoonandthesunוָשָֽׁמֶשׁ׃va.Sha.meshH8121: 17Thou hastsetH5324allthebordersH1367oftheearthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776;summerקַ֥יִץKa.yitzH7019andwinterוָ֝חֹ֗רֶףva.Cho.refH2779— thou didst formthem. 18Rememberזְכָר־ze.khor-H2142this,thatanenemyא֭וֹיֵב'o.yevH341hath reproachedJehovah,andafoolishנָ֝בָ֗לna.ValH5036peopleוְעַ֥םve.'AmH5971havecontemned thynameשְׁמֶֽךָ׃she.Me.khaH8034. 19Giveתִּתֵּ֣ןti.TenH5414notupthesoulH5315ofthy turtle-dove untothewildbeast;forgetתִּשְׁכַּ֥חtish.KachH7911notthetroopofthineafflictedH6041forever. 20Haverespect untothecovenantלַבְּרִ֑יתla.be.RitH1285;forthedarkמַחֲשַׁכֵּי־ma.cha.sha.kei-H4285placesH4285oftheearthH776arefullמָלְא֥וּmal.'UH4390ofthedwellingsofviolenceחָמָֽס׃cha.MasH2555. 21Ohletnottheoppressedonereturnיָשֹׁ֣בya.ShoH7725ashamedH3637;lettheafflictedH6041andneedyוְ֝אֶבְי֗וֹןve.'ev.YonH34praiseיְֽהַלְל֥וּye.ha.LuH1984thynameשְׁמֶֽךָ׃she.Me.khaH8034. 22RiseH6965up,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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