| 1A song of ascents. Of David. Had it not been for the Lord Who was with us, let Israel declare now. |
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אשִׁ֥יר הַֽמַּֽעֲל֗וֹת לְדָ֫וִ֥ד לוּלֵ֣י יְ֖הֹוָה שֶׁהָ֣יָה לָ֑נוּ יֹֽאמַר־נָ֥א יִשְׂרָאֵֽל: |
| 2Had it not been for the Lord Who was with us when men rose up against us, |
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בלוּלֵ֣י יְ֖הֹוָה שֶׁהָ֣יָה לָ֑נוּ בְּק֖וּם עָלֵ֣ינוּ אָדָֽם: |
| 3Then they would have swallowed us raw when their anger was kindled against us. |
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גאֲזַי חַיִּ֣ים בְּלָע֑וּנוּ בַּֽחֲר֖וֹת אַפָּ֣ם בָּֽנוּ: |
| 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.” |
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בחרות אפם בנו.
כשחרה אפם בנו. בחרות. כמו בעשות:
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| 4Then the waters would have washed us away; illness would have passed over our soul. |
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דאֲזַי הַמַּ֣יִם שְׁטָפ֑וּנוּ נַ֜֗חְלָה עָבַ֥ר עַל־נַפְשֵֽׁנוּ: |
| illness. Heb. נחלה, an expression of illness (חלי). |
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נחלה.
לשון חולי:
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| 5Then the wicked waters would have passed over our soul. |
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האֲזַי עָבַ֣ר עַל־נַפְשֵׁ֑נוּ הַ֜מַּ֗יִם הַזֵּֽידוֹנִֽים: |
| 6Blessed is the Lord, Who did not give us as prey for their teeth. |
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ובָּר֥וּךְ יְהֹוָ֑ה שֶׁלֹּ֖א נְתָנָ֥נוּ טֶ֜֗רֶף לְשִׁנֵּיהֶֽם: |
| 7Our soul escaped like a bird from the hunters' snare; the snare broke, and we escaped. |
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זנַפְשֵׁ֗נוּ כְּצִפּ֥וֹר נִמְלְטָה֘ מִפַּ֪ח יֽ֫וֹקְשִׁ֥ים הַפַּ֥ח נִ֜שְׁבָּ֗ר וַֽאֲנַ֥חְנוּ נִמְלָֽטְנוּ: |
| Our soul escaped like a bird. [It escaped] from them like a bird that escaped from the hunter’s snare. |
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נפשינו [ כצפור ] נמלטה.
מהם כצפור אשר נמלטה מפח יוקשים:
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| 8Our help is in the name of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. |
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חעֶזְרֵנוּ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהֹוָ֑ה עֹ֜שֵׂ֗ה שָׁמַ֥יִם וָאָֽרֶץ: |
