🔊 Audio of Psalm 74
Psalm 74
Hebrew text, Sephardic transliteration, and English translation for reading, study, and prayer.
| # | Hebrew | Sephardic Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | מַשְׂכִּיל לְאָסָף לָמָה אֱלֹהִים זָנַחְתָּ לָנֶצַח יֶעְשַׁן אַפְּךָ בְּצֹאן מַרְעִיתֶךָ | Maskíl le-A-sáf. La-máh E-lo-hím za-nakhtá la-né-tzakh; yeshán ap-pe-khá be-tzo’n mar-í-te-kha. | A Maskil of Asaph. O God, why do You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture? |
| 2 | זְכֹר עֲדָתְךָ קָנִיתָ קֶּדֶם גָּאַלְתָּ שֵׁבֶט נַחֲלָתֶךָ הַר־צִיּוֹן זֶה שָׁכַנְתָּ בּוֹ | Ze-khór a-da-te-khá ka-ní-ta ké-dem; ga-ál-ta shé-vet na-kha-la-te-khá; har Tzi-yón ze sha-khantá bo. | Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your heritage! Remember Mount Zion, where You have dwelt. |
| 3 | הָרִימָה פְעָמֶיךָ לְמַשֻּׁאוֹת נֶצַח כָּל־הֵרַע אוֹיֵב בַּקֹּדֶשׁ | Ha-rí-mah pe-a-me-khá le-mash-u-ót ne-tzakh; kál he-raá-oy-év ba-kó-desh. | Direct Your steps to the perpetual ruins; the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary! |
| 4 | שָׁאֲגוּ צֹרְרֶיךָ בְּקֶרֶב מוֹעֲדֶךָ שָׂמוּ אוֹתֹתָם אֹתוֹת | Sha-a-gú tzo-re-re-khá be-ké-rev mo-á-de-kha; sa-mú o-to-tám o-tót. | Your foes have roared in the midst of Your meeting place; they set up their own signs for signs. |
| 5 | יִוָּדַע כְּמֵבִיא לְמָעְלָה בִּסֲבָךְ־עֵץ קַרְדֻּמּוֹת | Yi-va-dá-a ke-me-ví le-má-a-lah; be-sav-sevé-kel eéts. | They were like those who swing axes in a forest of trees. |
| 6 | ועתועתוְעַתָּה פִּתּוּחֶיהָ יָּחַד בְּכַשִּׁיל וְכֵילַפֹּת יַהֲלֹמוּן | Ve-atáh pit-tu-khe-há yakh-dáv be-ka-sh-shíl ve-kha-il-la-pót ya-ha-lo-mún. | And all its carved wood they broke down with hatchets and hammers. |
| 7 | שִׁלְחוּ בָאֵשׁ מִקְדָּשֶׁךָ לָאָרֶץ חִלְּלוּ מִשְׁכַּן־שְׁמֶךָ | Shi-le-khú-va-esh mik-da-she-khá; la-á-rets khi-le-lú mish-kan she-me-khá. | They set Your sanctuary on fire; they profaned the dwelling place of Your name, bringing it down to the ground. |
| 8 | אָמְרוּ בְלִבָּם נִינָם יָחַד שָׂרְפוּ כָל־מוֹעֲדֵי־אֵל בָּאָרֶץ | Am-rú be-lib-bám ni-ném yakh-dáv; sar-feú kál mo-a-déi E-l ba-á-rets. | They said to themselves, ‘We will utterly subdue them’; they burned all the meeting places of God in the land. |
| 9 | אוֹתֹתֵינוּ לֹא רָאִינוּ אֵין־עוֹד נָבִיא וְלֹא־אִתָּנוּ יֹדֵעַ עַד־מָה | O-to-té-nu lo ra-í-nu; ein o-d na-ví; ve-lo it-ta-nú yo-dé-a ad má-tay. | We do not see our signs; there is no longer any prophet, and there is none among us who knows how long. |
| 10 | עַד־מָתַי אֱלֹהִים יְחָרֶף צָר יְנָאֵץ אוֹיֵב שִׁמְךָ לָנֶצַח | Ad ma-tái E-lo-hím ye-kha-réf tzaár; ye-na-étz oyév shim-khá la-né-tzakh. | How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile Your name forever? |
| 11 | לָמָּה תָשִׁיב יָדְךָ וִימִינֶךָ מִקֶּרֶב חוקךחוקךחֵיקְךָ כַלֵּה | La-máh ta-shív ya-de-khá; u-mi-ne-khá ya-mi-ne-khá mi-ké-rev khu-ke-khá kal-léh. | Why do You hold back Your hand, Your right hand? Take it from the fold of Your garment and destroy them! |
| 12 | וֵאלֹהִים מַלְכִּי מִקֶּדֶם פֹּעֵל יְשׁוּעוֹת בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ | Ve-E-lo-hím mal-kí mi-ké-dem; po-eél ye-shu-ót be-ké-reb ha-á-rets. | Yet God my King is from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. |
| 13 | אַתָּה פוֹרַרְתָּ בְעָזְּךָ יָם שִׁבַּרְתָּ רָאשֵׁי תַנִּינִים עַל־הַמָּיִם | At-táh fo-rár-ta va-u-ze-khá yám; shi-bar-tá ra-ashéi tan-ni-ním al ha-má-yim. | You divided the sea by Your might; You broke the heads of the sea monsters on the waters. |
| 14 | אַתָּה רִצַּצְתָּ רָאשֵׁי לִוְיָתָן תִּתְּנֶנּוּ מַאֲכָל לְעָם לְצִיִּים | At-táh rit-tzatz-tá ra-shéi Liv-ya-tán; tit-te-n-nú ma-a-khál le-am le-tzi-y-yím. | You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness. |
| 15 | אַתָּה בָקַעְתָּ מַעְיָן וָנָחַל אַתָּה הוֹבַשְׁתָּ נַהֲרוֹת אֵיתָן | At-táh ba-ká-ta ma-y-yán va-ná-khal; at-táh ho-vash-tá na-h-rót e-y-tán. | You split open springs and brooks; You dried up ever-flowing streams. |
| 16 | לְךָ יוֹם אַף־לְךָ לָיְלָה אַתָּה הֲכִינוֹתָ מָאוֹר וָשָׁמֶשׁ | Le-khá yóm af le-khá láy-lah; at-táh ha-khi-nó-ta ma-or va-shé-mesh. | Yours is the day, Yours also the night; You have established the heavenly lights and the sun. |
| 17 | אַתָּה הִצַּבְתָּ כָּל־גְּבוּלוֹת אָרֶץ קַיִץ וָחֹרֶף אַתָּה יְצַרְתָּם | At-táh he-tza-v-tá kál gev-u-lót a-rétz; ká-yits va-khó-ref at-táh ye-tzar-tám. | You have fixed all the boundaries of the earth; You have made summer and winter. |
| 18 | זְכָר־זֹאת אוֹיֵב חֵרֵף יְהוָה וְעַם נָבָל נִאֲצוּ שְׁמֶךָ | Ze-kór zo’t oyév kher-péf Ado-nái; ve-am na-bál ni-etzú she-me-khá. | Remember this, O the LORD, how the enemy scoffs, and a foolish people reviles Your name. |
| 19 | אַל־תִּתֵּן לְחַיַּת נֶפֶשׁ תּוֹרֶךָ חַיַּת עֲנִיֶּיךָ אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח לָנֶצַח | Al ti-tén le-kha-yát né-fesh tor-te-khá; kha-y-yát a-ni-ye-khá al tish-kákh la-né-tzakh. | Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to the wild beasts; do not forget the life of Your poor forever. |
| 20 | הַבֵּט לַבְּרִית כִּי מָלְאוּ מַחֲשַׁכֵּי־אֶרֶץ נְאוֹת חָמָס | Ha-bét la-be-rít; ki ma-le-ú ma-kha-shak-kéi e-rétz ne-ót kha-más. | Have regard for the covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence. |
| 21 | אַל־יָשֹׁב דַּךְ נִכְלָם עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן יְהַלְלוּ שְׁמֶךָ | Al ya-shóv dak ka-lúm; a-ní ve-ev-yón ye-ha-le-lú she-me-khá. | Let not the downtrodden turn back in shame; let the poor and needy praise Your name. |
| 22 | קוּמָה אֱלֹהִים רִיבָה רִיבֶךָ זְכֹר חֶרְפָּתְךָ מִנִּי־נָבָל כָּל־הַיּוֹם | Kú-mah E-lo-hím rí-vah rí-ve-kha; ze-kór kher-pa-te-khá mi-ni na-vál kál ha-yom. | Arise, O God, defend Your cause; remember how the foolish scoff at You all the day! |
| 23 | אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח קוֹל צֹרְרֶיךָ שְׁאוֹן קָמֶיךָ עֹלֶה תָמִיד | Al tish-kákh kól tzo-re-re-kha; she-on ko-me-khá o-léh ta-míd. | Do not forget the clamor of Your foes, the uproar of those who rise against You, which goes up continually! |