א שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת, לְדָוִד:
לוּלֵי יְהוָה, שֶׁהָיָה לָנוּ— יֹאמַר-נָא, יִשְׂרָאֵל. |
1 A Song of Ascents; of David. {N}
‘If it had not been the LORD who was for us’, let Israel now say; |
| ב לוּלֵי יְהוָה, שֶׁהָיָה לָנוּ— בְּקוּם עָלֵינוּ אָדָם. |
2 ‘If it had not been the LORD who was for us, when men rose up against us, |
| ג אֲזַי, חַיִּים בְּלָעוּנוּ— בַּחֲרוֹת אַפָּם בָּנוּ. |
3 Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us; |
| ד אֲזַי, הַמַּיִם שְׁטָפוּנוּ— נַחְלָה, עָבַר עַל-נַפְשֵׁנוּ. |
4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul; |
| ה אֲזַי, עָבַר עַל-נַפְשֵׁנוּ— הַמַּיִם, הַזֵּידוֹנִים. |
5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.’ |
| ו בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה— שֶׁלֹּא נְתָנָנוּ טֶרֶף, לְשִׁנֵּיהֶם. |
6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. |
ז נַפְשֵׁנוּ— כְּצִפּוֹר נִמְלְטָה, מִפַּח יוֹקְשִׁים:
הַפַּח נִשְׁבָּר, וַאֲנַחְנוּ נִמְלָטְנוּ. |
7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; {N}
the snare is broken, and we are escaped. |
| ח עֶזְרֵנוּ, בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה— עֹשֵׂה, שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ. |
8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. {P} |
