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שִׁיר לַֽמַּעֲלוֹת אֶשָּׂא עֵינַי אֶל־הֶהָרִים מֵאַיִן יָבֹא עֶזְרִֽי׃ 1
[When we travel toward Jerusalem], I look up toward the hills [and I ask myself], “Who will help me?”
עֶזְרִי מֵעִם יְהֹוָה עֹשֵׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָֽרֶץ׃ 2
[And my answer is] that Yahweh is the one who helps me; he is the one who made heaven and the earth.
אַל־יִתֵּן לַמּוֹט רַגְלֶךָ אַל־יָנוּם שֹׁמְרֶֽךָ׃ 3
He will not allow us to fall/stumble; God, who protects us, will not fall asleep.
הִנֵּה לֹֽא־יָנוּם וְלֹא יִישָׁן שׁוֹמֵר יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ 4
The one who protects us Israeli people never gets sleepy, nor does he sleep [LIT].
יְהֹוָה שֹׁמְרֶךָ יְהֹוָה צִלְּךָ עַל־יַד יְמִינֶֽךָ׃ 5
Yahweh watches over us; he is like the shade [MET] [that protects us from the sun].
יוֹמָם הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לֹֽא־יַכֶּכָּה וְיָרֵחַ בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃ 6
[He will not allow] the sun to harm us during the day, and [he will not allow] the moon to harm us during the night.
יְֽהֹוָה יִשְׁמׇרְךָ מִכׇּל־רָע יִשְׁמֹר אֶת־נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ 7
Yahweh will protect us from being harmed in any manner; he will keep us safe.
יְֽהֹוָה יִשְׁמׇר־צֵאתְךָ וּבוֹאֶךָ מֵעַתָּה וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם׃ 8
He will protect us from the time that we leave [our houses in the morning] until we return [in the evening]; he will protect us now, and he will protect us forever.

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