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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. |
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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} |