Psalms 124 תְּהִלִּים
Hebrew · transliteration · JPS 1917
1שִׁ֥יר הַֽמַּעֲל֗וֹת לְדָ֫וִ֥ד לוּלֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה שֶׁהָ֣יָה לָ֑נוּ יֹֽאמַר־נָ֝א יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
shir hamma'alot ledavid lule ADONAI shehaya lanu yomar-na yisra'el
A Song of Ascents; of David. 'If it had not been the LORD who was for us', Let Israel now say;
2לוּלֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה שֶׁהָ֣יָה לָ֑נוּ בְּק֖וּם עָלֵ֣ינוּ אָדָֽם׃
lule ADONAI shehaya lanu bekum alenu adam
'If it had not been the LORD who was for us, When men rose up against us,
3אֲ֭זַי חַיִּ֣ים בְּלָע֑וּנוּ בַּחֲר֖וֹת אַפָּ֣ם בָּֽנוּ׃
azay chayyim bela'unu bacharot appam banu
Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;
4אֲ֭זַי הַמַּ֣יִם שְׁטָפ֑וּנוּ נַ֗֜חְלָה עָבַ֥ר עַל־נַפְשֵֽׁנוּ׃
azay hammayim shetafunu nachla avar al-nafshenu
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul;
5אֲ֭זַי עָבַ֣ר עַל־נַפְשֵׁ֑נוּ הַ֝מַּ֗יִם הַזֵּֽידוֹנִֽים׃
azay avar al-nafshenu hammayim hazzedonim
Then the proud waters Had gone over our soul.'
6בָּר֥וּךְ יְהוָ֑ה שֶׁלֹּ֥א נְתָנָ֥נוּ טֶ֝֗רֶף לְשִׁנֵּיהֶֽם׃
barukh ADONAI shello netananu teref leshinnehem
Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7נַפְשֵׁ֗נוּ כְּצִפּ֥וֹר נִמְלְטָה֮ מִפַּ֪ח י֫וֹקְשִׁ֥ים הַפַּ֥ח נִשְׁבָּ֗ר וַאֲנַ֥חְנוּ נִמְלָֽטְנוּ׃
nafshenu ketzippor nimleta mippach yokshim happach nishbar va'anachnu nimlatnu
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; The snare is broken, and we are escaped.
8עֶ֭זְרֵנוּ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה עֹ֝שֵׂ֗ה שָׁמַ֥יִם וָאָֽרֶץ׃
ezrenu beshem ADONAI ose shamayim va'aretz
Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.
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Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (ketiv shown with the qere in brackets). JPS 1917 and the Hebrew use Hebrew verse numbers; the English column uses English numbering, which sometimes differs by a verse.