1

שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרַי יֹאמַר־נָא יִשְׂרָאֵל׃

A song of ascents. Since my youth they have often assailed me, let Israel now declare,

2

רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרָי גַּם לֹא־יָכְלוּ לִי׃

since my youth they have often assailed me, but they have never overcome me.

3

עַל־גַּבִּי חָרְשׁוּ חֹרְשִׁים הֶאֱרִיכוּ (למענותם) [לְמַעֲנִיתָם]׃

Plowers plowed across my back; they made long furrows.

4

יְהֹוָה צַדִּיק קִצֵּץ עֲבוֹת רְשָׁעִים׃

GOD, the righteous one, has snapped the cords of the wicked.

5

יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִסֹּגוּ אָחוֹר כֹּל שֹׂנְאֵי צִיּוֹן׃

Let all who hate Zion fall back in disgrace.

6

יִהְיוּ כַּחֲצִיר גַּגּוֹת שֶׁקַּדְמַת שָׁלַף יָבֵשׁ׃

Let them be like grass on roofs that fades before it can be pulled up,

7

שֶׁלֹּא מִלֵּא כַפּוֹ קוֹצֵר וְחִצְנוֹ מְעַמֵּר׃

that affords no handful for the reaper, no armful for the gatherer of sheaves,

8

וְלֹא אָמְרוּ הָעֹבְרִים בִּרְכַּת־יְהֹוָה אֲלֵיכֶם בֵּרַכְנוּ אֶתְכֶם בְּשֵׁם יְהֹוָה׃ {פ}

no exchange with passersby: “GOD’s blessing be upon you.” “We bless you by GOD’s name.”