א שִׁיר, הַמַּעֲלוֹת:
רַבַּת, צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרַי-- יֹאמַר-נָא, יִשְׂרָאֵל.
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1 A Song of Ascents. {N}
'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up', let Israel now say;
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ב רַבַּת, צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרָי; גַּם, לֹא-יָכְלוּ לִי.
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2 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up; but they have not prevailed against me.
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ג עַל-גַּבִּי, חָרְשׁוּ חֹרְשִׁים; הֶאֱרִיכוּ, למענותם (לְמַעֲנִיתָם).
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3 The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
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ד יְהוָה צַדִּיק; קִצֵּץ, עֲבוֹת רְשָׁעִים.
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4 The LORD is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.'
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ה יֵבֹשׁוּ, וְיִסֹּגוּ אָחוֹר-- כֹּל, שֹׂנְאֵי צִיּוֹן.
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5 Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all they that hate Zion.
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ו יִהְיוּ, כַּחֲצִיר גַּגּוֹת-- שֶׁקַּדְמַת שָׁלַף יָבֵשׁ.
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6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it springeth up;
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ז שֶׁלֹּא מִלֵּא כַפּוֹ קוֹצֵר; וְחִצְנוֹ מְעַמֵּר.
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7 Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
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ח וְלֹא אָמְרוּ, הָעֹבְרִים-- בִּרְכַּת-יְהוָה אֲלֵיכֶם;
בֵּרַכְנוּ אֶתְכֶם, בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה.
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8 Neither do they that go by say: 'The blessing of the LORD be upon you; {N}
we bless you in the name of the LORD.' {P}
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