## Psalms Chapter 73

###### Psalms 73:1
[Psalms 73:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:1)

מִזְמ֗וֹר לְאָ֫סָ֥ף אַ֤ךְ ט֖וֹב לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל אֱלֹהִ֗ים לְבָרֵ֥י לֵבָֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A Psalm of Asaf. Truly God is good to Yisra᾽el, to such as are of a clean heart.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A psalm of Asaf. [Though I bewail the afflictions of Israel, I know that] truly, G d is good to Israel, to the pure of heart, [(in the afflictions He brings upon them, their purpose being to make them merit life in the world to come)].


###### Psalms 73:2
[Psalms 73:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:2)

וַאֲנִ֗י כִּ֭מְעַט (נטוי) [נָטָ֣יוּ] רַגְלָ֑י כְּ֝אַ֗יִן (שפכה) [שֻׁפְּכ֥וּ] אֲשֻׁרָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I — my feet had almost turned [from the path of G d]. In almost no time my feet might have spilled out [of the path].


###### Psalms 73:3
[Psalms 73:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:3)

כִּֽי־קִ֭נֵּאתִי בַּהוֹלְלִ֑ים שְׁל֖וֹם רְשָׁעִ֣ים אֶרְאֶֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For I was envious of the [success of] the perverters [of their paths]; I beheld the peace of the evildoers.


###### Psalms 73:4
[Psalms 73:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:4)

כִּ֤י אֵ֖ין חַרְצֻבּ֥וֹת לְמוֹתָ֗ם וּבָרִ֥יא אוּלָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For there are no pangs at their death; their body is firm.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For there were no bonds [of afflictions] to their deaths, and [they died] strong as a fortress.


###### Psalms 73:5
[Psalms 73:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:5)

בַּעֲמַ֣ל אֱנ֣וֹשׁ אֵינֵ֑מוֹ וְעִם־אָ֝דָ֗ם לֹ֣א יְנֻגָּֽעוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They are not in trouble as other men; nor are they plagued like other men.


###### Psalms 73:6
[Psalms 73:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:6)

לָ֭כֵן עֲנָקַ֣תְמוֹ גַאֲוָ֑ה יַעֲטָף־שִׁ֝֗ית חָמָ֥ס לָֽמוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them like a garment.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Therefore, pride necklaces them; their theft bedecks their buttocks [with fat].


###### Psalms 73:7
[Psalms 73:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:7)

יָ֭צָא מֵחֵ֣לֶב עֵינֵ֑מוֹ עָ֝בְר֗וּ מַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹת לֵבָֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Their eyes protrude from [an excess of] fat. The hopes of their hearts are exceeded [by what they attain].


###### Psalms 73:8
[Psalms 73:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:8)

יָמִ֤יקוּ**׀** וִידַבְּר֣וּ בְרָ֣ע עֹ֑שֶׁק מִמָּר֥וֹם יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They deride, and wickedly speak oppression: they speak loftily.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They melt [the hearts of men] and they plot to rob the poor. They speak against the Most High.


###### Psalms 73:9
[Psalms 73:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:9)

שַׁתּ֣וּ בַשָּׁמַ֣יִם פִּיהֶ֑ם וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗ם תִּהֲלַ֥ךְ בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They set their mouths against Heaven and their tongues range the earth.


###### Psalms 73:10
[Psalms 73:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:10)

לָכֵ֤ן**׀** (ישיב) [יָשׁ֣וּב] עַמּ֣וֹ הֲלֹ֑ם וּמֵ֥י מָ֝לֵ֗א יִמָּ֥צוּ לָֽמוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore his people return here: and abundant waters are drained out by them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Therefore, [(because they see the wicked flourishing)], His people turn hither [(to their deeds)], and the waters of the full [stream (i.e., Torah)] are dregs to them.


###### Psalms 73:11
[Psalms 73:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:11)

וְֽאָמְר֗וּ אֵיכָ֥ה יָדַֽע־אֵ֑ל וְיֵ֖שׁ דֵּעָ֣ה בְעֶלְיֽוֹן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they say, How does God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they say: "How can [we say] that G d knows [i.e., that He has wisdom], and that there is knowledge in the Almighty [i.e., that His Torah is true]?"


###### Psalms 73:12
[Psalms 73:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:12)

הִנֵּה־אֵ֥לֶּה רְשָׁעִ֑ים וְשַׁלְוֵ֥י ע֝וֹלָ֗ם הִשְׂגּוּ־חָֽיִל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, these are the wicked, always at ease; they increase in riches.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
"Now, these [men] are wicked [(and they transgress His Torah)], and yet they live tranquilly [in the] world and amass wealth!"


###### Psalms 73:13
[Psalms 73:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:13)

אַךְ־רִ֭יק זִכִּ֣יתִי לְבָבִ֑י וָאֶרְחַ֖ץ בְּנִקָּי֣וֹן כַּפָּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
"It was but in vain that I purified my heart and washed my hands in cleanliness."


###### Psalms 73:14
[Psalms 73:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:14)

וָאֱהִ֣י נָ֭גוּעַ כׇּל־הַיּ֑וֹם וְ֝תוֹכַחְתִּ֗י לַבְּקָרִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
for all the day I have been stricken, and chastised every morning.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
"And I have been afflicted all the day, and my chastisement [has renewed itself] every morning."


###### Psalms 73:15
[Psalms 73:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:15)

אִם־אָ֭מַרְתִּי אֲסַפְּרָ֥ה כְמ֑וֹ הִנֵּ֤ה ד֖וֹר בָּנֶ֣יךָ בָגָֽדְתִּי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If I had said, I will speak thus; behold, I should have offended against the generation of Thy children.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If I [Asaf] undertook to tell it [(all that His people say)] as [it is], I would render the generation of Your children traitors.


###### Psalms 73:16
[Psalms 73:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:16)

וָ֭אֲחַשְּׁבָה לָדַ֣עַת זֹ֑את עָמָ֖ל (היא) [ה֣וּא] בְעֵינָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So I pondered how I might understand this, but it was too wearisome for me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And when I strove to understand this [(this mode of G d's conduct)], it seemed wrong in my eyes.


###### Psalms 73:17
[Psalms 73:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:17)

עַד־אָ֭בוֹא אֶל־מִקְדְּשֵׁי־אֵ֑ל אָ֝בִ֗ינָה לְאַחֲרִיתָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Until I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their end.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Until I came to the sanctuaries of G d [(in Jerusalem and saw what had happened to Sancheriv)]. Then I understood their [(the sinners')] end [i.e., that it is destruction.].


###### Psalms 73:18
[Psalms 73:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:18)

אַ֣ךְ בַּ֭חֲלָקוֹת תָּשִׁ֣ית לָ֑מוֹ הִ֝פַּלְתָּ֗ם לְמַשּׁוּאֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Surely Thou dost set them in slippery places: Thou dost cast them down into destruction.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Only as "smoothings" do You set [all this good] before them [i.e., You make things smooth for them so that they give no thought to repentance], and You cast them into darkness.


###### Psalms 73:19
[Psalms 73:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:19)

אֵ֤יךְ הָי֣וּ לְשַׁמָּ֣ה כְרָ֑גַע סָ֥פוּ תַ֝֗מּוּ מִן־בַּלָּהֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
How are they brought into desolation in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Their beholders will say:] How were they made desolate in an instant! They are ended! They are extinguished with horrors!


###### Psalms 73:20
[Psalms 73:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:20)

כַּחֲל֥וֹם מֵהָקִ֑יץ אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י בָּעִ֤יר**׀** צַלְמָ֬ם תִּבְזֶֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
As a dream when one awakes; so, O Lord, on awaking, Thou shalt despise their image.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
As an endless dream [(with no awakening, so was their end [viz. Isaiah 37:36])]. The L rd, in the city [that they violated (Jerusalem)], despised their form [(burning them all)].


###### Psalms 73:21
[Psalms 73:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:21)

כִּ֭י יִתְחַמֵּ֣ץ לְבָבִ֑י וְ֝כִלְיוֹתַ֗י אֶשְׁתּוֹנָֽן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When my heart was embittered, and I was pricked in my reins;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For [(before I saw their downfall in a vision)], my heart was embittered [(at the success of the wicked)] and my reins were pierced.


###### Psalms 73:22
[Psalms 73:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:22)

וַאֲנִי־בַ֭עַר וְלֹ֣א אֵדָ֑ע בְּ֝הֵמ֗וֹת הָיִ֥יתִי עִמָּֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
then I was foolish and ignorant: I was like a beast before Thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I was a fool, not knowing [i.e., not understanding Your mode of conduct]; I was [like] a beast with You.


###### Psalms 73:23
[Psalms 73:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:23)

וַאֲנִ֣י תָמִ֣יד עִמָּ֑ךְ אָ֝חַ֗זְתָּ בְּיַד־יְמִינִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But I am continually with Thee: Thou holdest my right hand.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But [(in spite of this)] I was always with You [(not deviating from Your fear)]. You held onto my right hand [(to strengthen me in Your fear when I was in danger of slipping [(see verse 2)].


###### Psalms 73:24
[Psalms 73:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:24)

בַּעֲצָתְךָ֥ תַנְחֵ֑נִי וְ֝אַחַ֗ר כָּב֥וֹד תִּקָּחֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou shalt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterwards receive me to honourable state.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You led me in Your counsel, and then, You took me [to Yourself] for glory.


###### Psalms 73:25
[Psalms 73:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:25)

מִי־לִ֥י בַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְ֝עִמְּךָ֗ לֹא־חָפַ֥צְתִּי בָאָֽרֶץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Whom have I in heaven but Thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside Thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Whom do I have in heaven? [(What angel did I choose for a god?)] And I desired no one [else] with You on earth.


###### Psalms 73:26
[Psalms 73:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:26)

כָּלָ֥ה שְׁאֵרִ֗י וּלְבָ֫בִ֥י צוּר־לְבָבִ֥י וְחֶלְקִ֗י אֱלֹהִ֥ים לְעוֹלָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My flesh and my heart fail: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My flesh and my heart yearn [for You]. G d is the Rock of my heart and my portion forever.


###### Psalms 73:27
[Psalms 73:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:27)

כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֣ה רְחֵקֶ֣יךָ יֹאבֵ֑דוּ הִ֝צְמַ֗תָּה כׇּל־זוֹנֶ֥ה מִמֶּֽךָּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For, lo, they that are far from Thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all those who go astray from Thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For those who go far from You will go lost, as You have [always] cut off those who have strayed from You.


###### Psalms 73:28
[Psalms 73:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/73:28)

וַאֲנִ֤י**׀** קִ֥רְבַ֥ת אֱלֹהִ֗ים לִ֫י־ט֥וֹב שַׁתִּ֤י**׀** בַּאדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֣ה מַחְסִ֑י לְ֝סַפֵּ֗ר כׇּל־מַלְאֲכוֹתֶֽיךָ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But as for me, the nearness of God is my good: I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may relate all Thy works.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And, as for me, the nearness of G d is my good. I have placed my shelter in the L rd G d, to relate all of Your embassies [(the Holy Spirit that enters my heart for revelation)].