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שִׁיר הַֽמַּעֲלוֹת רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרַי יֹֽאמַר־נָא יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ 1
[A Song of Ascents.] Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,
רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרָי גַּם לֹא־יָכְלוּ לִֽי׃ 2
many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.
עַל־גַּבִּי חָרְשׁוּ חֹרְשִׁים הֶאֱרִיכוּ למענותם לְמַעֲנִיתָֽם׃ 3
The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.
יְהוָה צַדִּיק קִצֵּץ עֲבוֹת רְשָׁעִֽים׃ 4
Jehovah is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִסֹּגוּ אָחוֹר כֹּל שֹׂנְאֵי צִיּֽוֹן׃ 5
Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.
יִהְיוּ כַּחֲצִיר גַּגּוֹת שֶׁקַּדְמַת שָׁלַף יָבֵֽשׁ׃ 6
Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up;
שֶׁלֹּא מִלֵּא כַפּוֹ קוֹצֵר וְחִצְנוֹ מְעַמֵּֽר׃ 7
with which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.
וְלֹא אָֽמְרוּ ׀ הָעֹבְרִים בִּרְכַּֽת־יְהוָה אֲלֵיכֶם בֵּרַכְנוּ אֶתְכֶם בְּשֵׁם יְהוָֽה׃ 8
Neither do those who go by say, "The blessing of Jehovah be on you. We bless you in the name of Jehovah."

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