Isaiah 63

mi-zeh ba me'edom khamuts begadim mibbotsrah zeh hadur bilvusho tso'eh berov kokho ani medabber bitsdaqah rav lehoshia

Who is this coming from Edom, In crimsoned garments from Bozrah— Who is this, majestic in attire, Pressing forward with great might? “It is I, who contend victoriously, Powerful to give triumph.”

maddua adom lilvushekha uvegadekha kedorekh begat

Why is Your clothing so red, Your garments like those of someone who treads grapes?

purah darakhti levaddi ume'ammim en-ish itti ve'edrekhem be'appi ve'ermesem bakhamati veyez nitskham al-begaday vekhol-malbushay egaleti

“I trod out a vintage alone; Of the peoples nobody was with Me. I trod them down in My anger, Trampled them in My rage; Their life-blood bespattered My garments, And all My clothing was stained.

ki yom naqam belibbi ushenat ge'ulay ba'ah

For I had planned a day of vengeance, And My year of redemption arrived.

ve'abbit ve'en ozer ve'eshtomem ve'en somekh vattosha-li zero'i vakhamati hi semakhateni

Then I looked, but there was none to help; I stared, but there was none to aid— So My own arm wrought the triumph, And My own rage was My aid.

ve'avus ammim be'appi va'ashakkerem bakhamati ve'orid la'arets nitskham

I trampled peoples in My anger, I made them drunk with My rage, And I hurled their glory to the ground.”

khasde Adonai azkir tehillot Adonai ke'al kol asher-gemalanu Adonai verav-tuv levet yisra'el asher-gemalam kerakhamayw ukherov khasadayw

I will recount GOD’s kind acts, GOD’s praises— For all that GOD has wrought for us, The vast bounty to the House of Israel That was bestowed upon them According to God’s mercy and great kindness.

vayyomer akh-ammi hemmah banim lo yeshaqqeru vayehi lahem lemoshia

[God] thought: Surely they are My people, Children who will not play false. So [God] was their Deliverer.

bekhol-tsaratam (l) [lo] tsar umalakh panayw hoshi'am be'ahavato uvekhemlato hu ge'alam vayenattelem vayenasse'em kol-yeme olam

In all their troubles [God] was troubled, And the angel of the divine Presence delivered them. In love and pity It was [God] who redeemed them, Raised them, and exalted them All the days of old.

vehemmah maru ve'itsevu et-ruakh qodsho vayyehafekh lahem le'oyev hu nilkham-bam

But they rebelled, and grieved God’s holy spirit; Then it was [God] who became their enemy, And made war against them.

vayyizkor yeme-olam mosheh ammo ayyeh hamma'alem miyyam et ro'e tsono ayyeh hassam beqirbo et-ruakh qodsho

Then they remembered the ancient days, The One who pulled a precious people out [of the water]: “Where is the One who brought them up from the Sea Along with the shepherd of this flock? Where is the One whose holy spirit Was placed in their midst,

molikh limin mosheh zeroa tifarto boqea mayim mippenehem la'asot lo shem olam

Whose glorious arm was made To march at the right hand of Moses, Who divided the waters before them To make a reputation for all time,

molikham battehomot kassus bammidbar lo yikkashelu

Who led them through the deeps So that they did not stumble— As a horse in a desert,

kabbehemah babbiqah tered ruakh Adonai tenikhennu ken nihagta ammekha la'asot lekha shem tifaret

Like a beast descending to the plain?” ’Twas the spirit of GOD gave them rest; Thus did You shepherd Your people To win for Yourself a glorious name.

habbet mishamayim ure'eh mizzevul qodshekha vetifartekha ayyeh qinatekha ugevurotekha hamon me'ekha verakhamekha elay hitappaqu

Look down from heaven and see, From Your holy and glorious height! Where is Your zeal, Your power? Your yearning and Your love Are being withheld from us!

ki-attah avinu ki avraham lo yeda'anu veyisra'el lo yakkiranu attah Adonai avinu go'alenu me'olam shemekha

Surely You are our Father: Though Abraham regard us not, And Israel recognize us not, You, O ETERNAL One, are our Father; From of old, Your name is “Our Redeemer.”

lammah tatenu Adonai midderakhekha taqshiakh libbenu miyyiratekha shuv lema'an avadekha shivte nakhalatekha

Why, ETERNAL One, do You make us stray from Your ways, And turn our hearts away from revering You? Relent for the sake of Your servants, The tribes that are Your very own!

lammitsar yareshu am-qodshekha tsarenu bosesu miqdashekha

Our foes have trampled Your Sanctuary, Which Your holy people possessed but a little while.

hayinu me'olam lo-mashalta bam lo-niqra shimkha alehem lu-qarata shamayim yaradta mippanekha harim nazollu

We have become as a people You never ruled, To which Your name was never attached. If You would but tear open the heavens and come down, So that mountains would quake before You—