מִזְמוֹר לְאָסָף אַךְ טוֹב לְיִשְׂרָאֵל אֱלֹהִים לְבָרֵי לֵבָב:
A song of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, to the pure of heart.
וַאֲנִי כִּמְעַט (נטוי) נָטָיוּ רַגְלָי כְּאַיִן (שפכה) שֻׁפְּכוּ אֲשֻׁרָי:
But as for me, my feet had almost turned away, in an instant my steps would have been swept away.
כִּי קִנֵּאתִי בַּהוֹלְלִים שְׁלוֹם רְשָׁעִים אֶרְאֶה:
For I envied the perverse; I would see the tranquility of the wicked.
כִּי אֵין חַרְצֻבּוֹת לְמוֹתָם וּבָרִיא אוּלָם:
For there are no fetters to their death, and their health is sound.
בַּעֲמַל אֱנוֹשׁ אֵינֵמוֹ וְעִם אָדָם לֹא יְנֻגָּעוּ:
In the toil of mortal man they are not, neither are they plagued with mankind.
לָכֵן עֲנָקַתְמוֹ גַאֲוָה יַעֲטָף שִׁית חָמָס לָמוֹ:
Therefore, they wear pride as a necklace; the robbery that they commit envelops their hips.
יָצָא מֵחֵלֶב עֵינֵמוֹ עָבְרוּ מַשְׂכִּיּוֹת לֵבָב:
Because of their fat, their eyes bulge; they surpassed the imaginings of their heart.
יָמִיקוּ וִידַבְּרוּ בְרָע עֹשֶׁק מִמָּרוֹם יְדַבֵּרוּ:
They consume, and speak wickedly about oppression; they speak about the Most High.
שַׁתּוּ בַשָּׁמַיִם פִּיהֶם וּלְשׁוֹנָם תִּהֲלַךְ בָּאָרֶץ:
They have set their mouth against Heaven, and their tongue walks through the earth.
לָכֵן (ישיב) יָשׁוּב עַמּוֹ הֲלֹם וּמֵי מָלֵא יִמָּצוּ לָמוֹ:
Therefore, His people will return here, and the waters of the full [stream] are drained water to them.
וְאָמְרוּ אֵיכָה יָדַע אֵל וְיֵשׁ דֵּעָה בְעֶלְיוֹן:
And they say, "How does God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High?"
הִנֵּה אֵלֶּה רְשָׁעִים וְשַׁלְוֵי עוֹלָם הִשְׂגּוּ חָיִל:
Behold these are wicked, yet they are tranquil in the world and have increased wealth.
אַךְ רִיק זִכִּיתִי לְבָבִי וָאֶרְחַץ בְּנִקָּיוֹן כַּפָּי:
But for nought I cleansed my heart and bathed my hands with cleanliness.
וָאֱהִי נָגוּעַ כָּל הַיּוֹם וְתוֹכַחְתִּי לַבְּקָרִים:
And I was plagued all the days, and my chastisement was every morning.
אִם אָמַרְתִּי אֲסַפְּרָה כְמוֹ הִנֵּה דוֹר בָּנֶיךָ בָגָדְתִּי:
If I said, "I shall tell it as it is," behold I have made the generation of Your children into traitors.
וָאֲחַשְּׁבָה לָדַעַת זֹאת עָמָל (היא) הוּא בְעֵינָי:
And when I ponder to know this, it is iniquity in my eyes.
עַד אָבוֹא אֶל מִקְדְּשֵׁי אֵל אָבִינָה לְאַחֲרִיתָם:
Until I came to the sanctuaries of God, and I understood their end.
אַךְ בַּחֲלָקוֹת תָּשִׁית לָמוֹ הִפַּלְתָּם לְמַשּׁוּאוֹת:
Only in slippery places do You set them; You cast them down to ruin.
אֵיךְ הָיוּ לְשַׁמָּה כְרָגַע סָפוּ תַמּוּ מִן בַּלָּהוֹת:
How they became desolate instantly! They were completely consumed by terrors.
כַּחֲלוֹם מֵהָקִיץ אֲדֹנָי בָּעִיר צַלְמָם תִּבְזֶה:
As a dream without awakening; O Lord, in the city You will despise their form.
כִּי יִתְחַמֵּץ לְבָבִי וְכִלְיוֹתַי אֶשְׁתּוֹנָן:
For my heart was in ferment, and my mind was on edge.
וַאֲנִי בַעַר וְלֹא אֵדָע בְּהֵמוֹת הָיִיתִי עִמָּךְ:
But I was brutish and I did not know; I was [as] a beast with You.
וַאֲנִי תָמִיד עִמָּךְ אָחַזְתָּ בְּיַד יְמִינִי:
Yet I was constantly with You; You grasped my right hand.
בַּעֲצָתְךָ תַנְחֵנִי וְאַחַר כָּבוֹד תִּקָּחֵנִי:
With Your counsel You led me, and after[wards], You took me [for] glory.
מִי לִי בַשָּׁמָיִם וְעִמְּךָ לֹא חָפַצְתִּי בָאָרֶץ:
For whom do I have in heaven, and I desired no one with You on earth.
כָּלָה שְׁאֵרִי וּלְבָבִי צוּר לְבָבִי וְחֶלְקִי אֱלֹהִים לְעוֹלָם:
My flesh and my heart yearn; God is the rock of my heart and my portion forever.
כִּי הִנֵּה רְחֵקֶיךָ יֹאבֵדוּ הִצְמַתָּה כָּל זוֹנֶה מִמֶּךָּ:
For behold, those who have distanced themselves from You will perish; You have cut off anyone who strays from You.
וַאֲנִי קִרֲבַת אֱלֹהִים לִי טוֹב שַׁתִּי בַּאדֹנָי יְהוִֹה מַחְסִי לְסַפֵּר כָּל מַלְאֲכוֹתֶיךָ:
But as for me-God's nearness is my good; I have placed my refuge in the Lord God, to tell all Your mission.