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שִׁיר הַֽמַּעֲלוֹת רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרַי יֹֽאמַר־נָא יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ 1
A Song of Ascents. 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up', let Israel now say;
רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרָי גַּם לֹא־יָכְלוּ לִֽי׃ 2
'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up; but they have not prevailed against me.
עַל־גַּבִּי חָרְשׁוּ חֹרְשִׁים הֶאֱרִיכוּ למענותם לְמַעֲנִיתָֽם׃ 3
The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
יְהוָה צַדִּיק קִצֵּץ עֲבוֹת רְשָׁעִֽים׃ 4
The LORD is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.'
יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִסֹּגוּ אָחוֹר כֹּל שֹׂנְאֵי צִיּֽוֹן׃ 5
Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all they that hate Zion.
יִהְיוּ כַּחֲצִיר גַּגּוֹת שֶׁקַּדְמַת שָׁלַף יָבֵֽשׁ׃ 6
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it springeth up;
שֶׁלֹּא מִלֵּא כַפּוֹ קוֹצֵר וְחִצְנוֹ מְעַמֵּֽר׃ 7
Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
וְלֹא אָֽמְרוּ ׀ הָעֹבְרִים בִּרְכַּֽת־יְהוָה אֲלֵיכֶם בֵּרַכְנוּ אֶתְכֶם בְּשֵׁם יְהוָֽה׃ 8
Neither do they that go by say: 'The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.'

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