א׳
שִׁ֗יר הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת אֵ֭לֶיךָ נָשָׂ֣אתִי אֶת־עֵינַ֑י הַ֝יֹּשְׁבִ֗י בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃
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A song of ascents.
To You, enthroned in heaven,
I turn my eyes.
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A Song of Ascents. Unto Thee I lift up mine eyes, O Thou that art enthroned in the heavens.
שִׁיר וְגוֹ׳ הַיֹּשְׁבִי. יוֹ״ד יְתֵירָה:
Who dwell Heb. הישבי.The “yud” is superfluous.
ב׳
הִנֵּ֨ה כְעֵינֵ֪י עֲבָדִ֡ים אֶל־יַ֤ד אֲֽדוֹנֵיהֶ֗ם כְּעֵינֵ֣י שִׁפְחָה֮ אֶל־יַ֪ד גְּבִ֫רְתָּ֥הּ כֵּ֣ן עֵ֭ינֵינוּ אֶל־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ עַ֝֗ד שֶׁיְּחָנֵּֽנוּ׃
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As the eyes of slaves follow their master’s hand,
as the eyes of a slave-girl follow the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes are toward the LORD our God,
awaiting His favor.
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Behold, as the eyes of servants unto the hand of their master, As the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; So our eyes look unto the LORD our God, Until He be gracious unto us.
ג׳
חָנֵּ֣נוּ יְהוָ֣ה חָנֵּ֑נוּ כִּֽי־רַ֝֗ב שָׂבַ֥עְנוּ בֽוּז׃
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Show us favor, O LORD,
show us favor!
We have had more than enough of contempt.
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Be gracious unto us, O LORD, be gracious unto us; For we are full sated with contempt.
ד׳
רַבַּת֮ שָֽׂבְעָה־לָּ֪הּ נַ֫פְשֵׁ֥נוּ הַלַּ֥עַג הַשַּׁאֲנַנִּ֑ים הַ֝בּ֗וּז לִגְאֵ֥יוֹנִֽים׃
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Long enough have we endured
the scorn of the complacent,
the contempt of the haughty.
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Our soul is full sated With the scorning of those that are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud oppressors.
הַלַּעַג הַשַּׁאֲנַנִּים. לַעַג הַגּוֹיִם הַשַּׁאֲנַנִּים שָׂבַעְנוּ:
the ridicule of the complacent [With] the ridicule of the complacent heathens we are sated.
הַבּוּז. שֶׁבָּזוּ אֶת גֵּיא הַיּוֹנִים, הִיא יְרוּשָׁלַיִם:
the contempt that they despised the valley of doves, which is Jerusalem.
לְגֵאִיוֹנִים. כְּתִיב חַד וְקָרִינָן תְּרֵין:
the complacent Heb. לגאיונים. It is written as one word and read as two.