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72 (Of Sh’lomo). Give HaMelech Thy mishpatim, O Elohim, and Thy tzedakah unto the Ben Melech.

² He shall judge Thy people with tzedek, and Thy poor with mishpat.

³ The harim (mountains) shall bear shalom to the people, and geva’ot (hills) in tzedakah.

⁴ He shall judge the poor of the people; yoshia (He shall save) the bnei evyon (children of the needy), and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

⁵ They shall fear Thee as long as the shemesh and yarei’ach endure, dor dorim (throughout all generations).

⁶ He shall come down like matar (rain) upon the mown field, as showers watering eretz.

⁷ In his yamim shall the tzaddik flourish; and abundance of shalom so long as the yarei’ach endureth.

⁸ He [Moshiach Ben Dovid] shall have dominion also from yam to yam, and from nahar (river) unto the afsei eretz (the ends of the earth).

⁹ They that dwell in the desert shall bow before him; and his oyevim (enemies) shall lick the aphar (dust).

¹⁰ The melachim of Tarshish and of the iyim (islands) shall bring minchah (tribute); the melachim of Sheva and Seva shall offer gifts.

¹¹ Kol melachim shall fall down before him [Moshiach]; kol Goyim shall serve him.

¹² For he shall deliver the evyon (needy) when he crieth; the oni (poor, afflicted) also, and him that hath no ozer (helper).

¹³ He shall pity the weak and evyon (needy), and yoshi’a (he shall save) the nefashot of the evyonim (needy).

¹⁴ He shall be the Go’el Redeemer of their nefesh from deceit and chamas; and precious shall their dahm be in his sight.

¹⁵ And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the zahav of Sheva; and prayer shall be for him continually; and daily shall a brocha be made on him.

¹⁶ There shall be an abundance of grain on ha’aretz upon the top of the harim (mountains); the fruit thereof shall shake [in the trees like in] Levanon; and they of the city shall flourish like esev ha’aretz.

¹⁷ Shmo (His Name) shall endure l’olam; Shmo shall be continued as long as the shemesh; and men shall be blessed in him; kol Goyim shall call him blessed.

¹⁸ Baruch Hashem Elohim, Elohei Yisroel, who only doeth nifla’ot (wondrous things).

¹⁹ And baruch Shem kevodo l’olam (and blessed be His Glorious Name forever); and let the whole earth be filled with His glory. Omein, and Omein.

²⁰ The tefillot Dovid Ben Yishai are ended. [T.N. The next Psalm concerns a revelation received in the Holy Place, namely the fate of the wicked whose prosperity is delusional since the riches of G-d’s house is wealth they can never attain to, revealing their true eternal poverty. See Ps 73:24 on afterlife in G-d’s presence.]

73 (Mizmor of Asaph). Truly Elohim is tov to Yisroel, even to the barei levav (pure of heart).

² But as for me, my raglayim had almost stumbled; my steps had well near slipped.

³ For I had kina (envy) of the holelim (arrogant ones), when I saw the shalom of the resha’im.

⁴ For there are no chartzubot (fetters, bonds, pains) in their mot; healthy is their belly.

⁵ They are not in amal (trouble) as enosh; neither are they plagued like adam.

⁶ Therefore ga’avah encircleth them like a chain necklace; chamas enwraps them like a garment.

⁷ Their eyes bulge with chelev; they have more than levav could imagine.

⁸ They mock, and speak wickedly concerning oshek (oppression); they speak from marom (on high).

⁹ They set their mouth against Shomayim, and their leshon stalketh in ha’aretz.

¹⁰ Therefore their people return here; and mayim to the full are swallowed down by them.

¹¹ And they say, How doth El (G-d) know? And is there knowledge in Elyon?

¹² Hinei, these are the resha’im; at ease olam, they increase in riches.

¹³ Surely in vain have I cleansed my lev, and washed my hands in innocency.

¹⁴ For kol hayom have I been plagued, and chastened in the bekarim (mornings).

¹⁵ If I say, I will speak thus; hinei, I would have dealt faithlessly with the dor banecha (the generation of Thy children).

¹⁶ When I thought to comprehend this, it was amal (difficulty) in my eyes;

¹⁷ Until I went into the Mikdeshei El; then I had binah (understanding) of their (the wicked’s) destiny.

¹⁸ Surely Thou didst set them in slippery places; Thou castedst them down into mashu’ot (ruins, destruction).

¹⁹ How are they brought into desolation, as in a rega (moment)! They are utterly consumed with balahot (terrors).

²⁰ As a chalom when one awaketh; so, Adonoi, when Thou art aroused [in judgment], Thou shalt despise their tzelem (shadowy form).

²¹ Thus my levav was grieved, and I was pricked in my mind.

²² So senseless was I, and ignorant; I was like behemot before Thee.

²³ Nevertheless I am with Thee tamid (always); Thou hast taken hold of me by my yamin.

²⁴ Thou shalt guide me with Thy etzah (counsel), and afterward take me to kavod (glory).

²⁵ Whom have I in Shomayim but Thee? And there is none upon HaAretz that I desire beside Thee.

²⁶ My flesh and my levav may fail; but Elohim is the Tzur of my levav, and my chelek l’olam.

²⁷ For, hinei, they that are far from Thee shall perish; Thou hast destroyed all them that go zoneh (a-whoring) from Thee.

²⁸ But kiravat Elohim (drawing near to Elohim) is tov for me; I make in Adonoi Hashem my refuge, that I may declare all Thy deeds.

9 I speak HaEmes in Moshiach, I do not speak sheker, my matzpun (conscience) bearing me eidus (witness) in the Ruach HaKodesh,

² That there is great agmat nefesh to me and unceasing anguish in my heart.

³ For I could wish that my neshamah be put under cherem (ban of destruction), under Churban, and Onesh Gehinnom, cut off from Moshiach for the sake of my achim, my own kinsmen, my people and flesh and blood relatives,

⁴ In as much as they are Bnei Yisroel: theirs is the Mishpat HaBanim Adoption, the Ma’amad HaBanim Standing as Sons, and the Kavod (glory) and the Shechinah (glorious presence of G-d) and the Beritot (covenants), the Torah, the Avodas Kodesh (worship) and the Havtachot (promises);

⁵ Theirs are the Avot (the Patriarchs), and from them came, in so far as his humanity is concerned, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, al hakol hu HaElohim mam’vorach l’Olam va’ed. Omein.

⁶ But it is not as though the Dvar Hashem has failed. For not all those descended from Yisroel are truly redeemed Yisroel (of the eschatological Geulah Redemption).

⁷ Nor is it as though all the banim of K’lal Yisroel are the ZERA of Avraham Avinu, but (as it is written) BEYITZCHAK YIKARE L’CHA ZERA ("In Yitzchak shall your seed be called, named, summoned" BERESHIS 21:12).

⁸ That is, it is not the b’nei habasar (old humanity without hitkhadshut) who are the b’nei HaElohim (children of G-d) but the b’nei HaHavtachah (children of the promise) who are reckoned as ZERA (seed, children, including the right of the heir in relation to the father).

⁹ For this word is one of havtachah (promise): KA’ET SHOV ASHUV UL’SARAH BEN ("About this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son" BERESHIS 18:10,14).

¹⁰ Not only so, but also in the case of Rivkah (Isaac’s wife) who conceived by the one act of sexual intercourse with Yitzchak Avinu.

¹¹ For when they were not yet born nor had they done anything tov or rah, in order that the etzah (wisdom) of the tochnit Hashem (purposeful and willed plan of G-d Ro 8:28) should stand in terms of bechirah (divine election, selection, choosing),

¹² Not from Ma’asim (Works) but from the One who makes the kri’ah (divine summons, call), it was said to her, RAV YA’AVOD TZA’IR ("the elder will serve the younger" BERESHIS 25:23),

¹³ As it is written, VA’OHAV ES YA’AKOV V’ES ESAV SANEITI ("Ya’akov have I loved, but Esau have I hated" MALACHI 1:2-3).

¹⁴ What then shall we say? There is no avla (injustice) with G-d, is there? Chas v’shalom!

¹⁵ For to Moshe Rabbeinu Hashem says, V’CHANNOTI ES ASHER ACHON V’RICHAMETTI ES ASHER ARACHEM ("I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion" SHEMOT 33:19).