Psalms 74

maskil le'asaf lamah elohim zanakhta lanetsakh yeshan appekha betson maritekha

A maskil of Asaph. Why, O God, do You forever reject us, do You fume in anger at the flock that You tend?

zekhor adatekha qanita qedem ga'alta shevet nakhalatekha har-tsiyyon zeh shakhanta bo

Remember the community You made Yours long ago, Your very own tribe that You redeemed, Mount Zion, where You dwell.

harimah fe'amekha lemashu'ot netsakh kol-hera oyev baqqodesh

Bestir Yourself because of the perpetual tumult, all the outrages of the enemy in the sanctuary.

sha'agu tsorerekha beqerev mo'adekha samu ototam otot

Your foes roar inside Your meeting-place; they take their signs for true signs.

yivvada kemevi lema'elah bisvokh-ets qardummot

It is like those who wield axes against a gnarled tree;

(vt) [ve'attah] pittukheha yakhad bekhashil vekhelappot yahalomun

with hatchet and pike they hacked away at its carved work.

shilkhu va'esh miqdashekha la'arets khillelu mishkan-shemekha

They made Your sanctuary go up in flames; they brought low in dishonor the dwelling-place of Your presence.

ameru velibbam ninam yakhad sarefu khol-mo'ade-el ba'arets

They resolved, “Let us destroy them altogether!” They burned all God’s tabernacles in the land.

ototenu lo-ra'inu en-od navi velo-ittanu yodea ad-mah

No signs appear for us; there is no longer any prophet; no one among us knows for how long.

ad-matay elohim yekharef tsar yena'ets oyev shimkha lanetsakh

Till when, O God, will the foe blaspheme, will the enemy forever revile Your name?

lammah tashiv yadekha viminekha miqqerev (khvqkh) [kheqekha] khalleh

Why do You hold back Your hand, Your right hand? Draw it out of Your bosom!

velohim malki miqqedem po'el yeshu'ot beqerev ha'arets

O God, my Sovereign from of old, who brings deliverance throughout the land;

attah forarta ve'ozzekha yam shibbarta rashe tanninim al-hammayim

it was You who drove back the sea with Your might, who smashed the heads of the monsters in the waters;

attah ritsatsta rashe livyatan tittenennu ma'akhal le'am letsiyyim

it was You who crushed the heads of Leviathan, who left it as food for the denizens of the desert;

attah vaqata mayan vanakhal attah hovashta naharot etan

it was You who released springs and torrents, who made mighty rivers run dry;

lekha yom af-lekha layelah attah hakhinota ma'or vashamesh

the day is Yours, the night also; it was You who set in place the orb of the sun;

attah hitsavta kol-gevulot arets qayits vakhoref attah yetsartam

You fixed all the boundaries of the earth; summer and winter—You made them.

zekhor-zot oyev kheref Adonai ve'am naval ni'atsu shemekha

Be mindful of how the enemy blasphemes GOD, how base people revile Your name.

al-titten lekhayyat nefesh torekha khayyat aniyyekha al-tishkakh lanetsakh

Do not deliver Your dove to the wild beast; do not ignore forever the band of Your lowly ones.

habbet labberit ki male'u makhashakke-erets ne'ot khamas

Look to the covenant! For the dark places of the land are full of the haunts of lawlessness.

al-yashov dakh nikhlam ani ve'evyon yehalelu shemekha

Let not the downtrodden turn away disappointed; let the poor and needy praise Your name.

qumah elohim rivah rivekha zekhor kherpatekha minni-naval kol-hayyom

Rise, O God, champion Your cause; be mindful that You are blasphemed by scoundrels all day long.

al-tishkakh qol tsorerekha she'on qamekha oleh tamid

Do not ignore the shouts of Your foes, the din of Your adversaries that ascends all the time.