א׳
שִׁ֥יר הַֽמַּעֲל֗וֹת לְדָ֫וִ֥ד לוּלֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה שֶׁהָ֣יָה לָ֑נוּ יֹֽאמַר־נָ֝א יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
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A song of ascents. Of David.
Were it not for the LORD, who was on our side,
let Israel now declare,
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A Song of Ascents; of David. 'If it had not been the LORD who was for us', Let Israel now say;
ב׳
לוּלֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה שֶׁהָ֣יָה לָ֑נוּ בְּק֖וּם עָלֵ֣ינוּ אָדָֽם׃
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were it not for the LORD, who was on our side
when men assailed us,
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'If it had not been the LORD who was for us, When men rose up against us,
ג׳
אֲ֭זַי חַיִּ֣ים בְּלָע֑וּנוּ בַּחֲר֖וֹת אַפָּ֣ם בָּֽנוּ׃
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they would have swallowed us alive
in their burning rage against us;
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Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;
בַּחֲרוֹת אַפָּם בָּנוּ. כְּשֶׁחָרָה אַפָּם בָּנוּ. בַּחֲרוֹת. כְּמוֹ ״בַּעֲשׂוֹת״ (יחזקאל כג:כא):
when their anger was kindled against us Heb. בחרות, “when their anger was kindled against us,” is the same form as בעשות, “when he made.”
ד׳
אֲ֭זַי הַמַּ֣יִם שְׁטָפ֑וּנוּ נַ֗֜חְלָה עָבַ֥ר עַל־נַפְשֵֽׁנוּ׃
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the waters would have carried us off,
the torrent would have swept over us;
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Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul;
נַחְלָה. לְשׁוֹן חוֹלִי:
illness Heb. נחלה, expression of illness (חלי).
ה׳
אֲ֭זַי עָבַ֣ר עַל־נַפְשֵׁ֑נוּ הַ֝מַּ֗יִם הַזֵּֽידוֹנִֽים׃
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over us would have swept
the seething waters.
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Then the proud waters Had gone over our soul.'
ו׳
בָּר֥וּךְ יְהוָ֑ה שֶׁלֹּ֥א נְתָנָ֥נוּ טֶ֝֗רֶף לְשִׁנֵּיהֶֽם׃
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Blessed is the LORD, who did not let us
be ripped apart by their teeth.
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Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
ז׳
נַפְשֵׁ֗נוּ כְּצִפּ֥וֹר נִמְלְטָה֮ מִפַּ֪ח י֫וֹקְשִׁ֥ים הַפַּ֥ח נִשְׁבָּ֗ר וַאֲנַ֥חְנוּ נִמְלָֽטְנוּ׃
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We are like a bird escaped from the fowler’s trap;
the trap broke and we escaped.
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Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; The snare is broken, and we are escaped.
נַפְשֵׁנוּ [כְּצִפּוֹר] נִמְלְטָה. מֵהֶם כְּצִפּוֹר אֲשֶׁר נִמְלְטָה מִפַּח יוֹקְשִׁים:
Our soul escaped like a bird [It escaped] from them like a bird that escaped from the hunter’s snare.
ח׳
עֶ֭זְרֵנוּ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה עֹ֝שֵׂ֗ה שָׁמַ֥יִם וָאָֽרֶץ׃
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Our help is the name of the LORD,
maker of heaven and earth.
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Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.