A songשִׁירof the ascents.הַמַּעֲלוֹתOf David.לְדָוִדHad it not beenלוּלֵיYHWHיְהוָהwho wasשֶׁהָיָהfor us—לָנוּlet Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלsayיֹאמַרnow—נָא
had it not beenלוּלֵיYHWHיְהוָהwho wasשֶׁהָיָהfor usלָנוּwhenבְּhuman beingsאָדָםrose upקוּםagainst us,עָלֵינוּ
thenאֲזַיaliveחַיִּיםthey would have swallowed usבְּלָעוּנוּwhenבַּtheir angerאַפָּםburnedחֲרוֹתagainst us;בָּנוּ
thenאֲזַיthe watersהַמַּיִםwould have swept us away,שְׁטָפוּנוּthe torrentנַחְלָהwould have passedעָבַרoverעַלour soul;נַפְשֵׁנוּ
thenאֲזַיthere would have passedעָבַרoverעַלour soulנַפְשֵׁנוּthe ragingהַזֵּידוֹנִיםwaters.הַמַּיִם
Blessed beבָּרוּךְYHWH,יְהוָהwho has notשֶׁלֹּאgiven usנְתָנָנוּas preyטֶרֶףto their teeth.לְשִׁנֵּיהֶם
Our soulנַפְשֵׁנוּlike a birdכְּצִפּוֹרhas escapedנִמְלְטָהfrom the snareמִפַּחof the fowlers;יוֹקְשִׁיםthe snareהַפַּחis broken,נִשְׁבָּרand weוַאֲנַחְנוּhave escaped.נִמְלָטְנוּ
Our helpעֶזְרֵנוּis in the nameבְּשֵׁםof YHWH,יְהוָהwho madeעֹשֵׂהheavenשָׁמַיִםand earth.וָאָרֶץ