שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרַי יֹאמַר נָא יִשְׂרָאֵל:
A song of ascents. Much have they distressed me from my youth, Israel will say now.
רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרָי גַּם לֹא יָכְלוּ לִי:
Much have they distressed me from my youth, but also they have not prevailed against me.
עַל גַּבִּי חָרְשׁוּ חֹרְשִׁים הֶאֱרִיכוּ (למענותם) לְמַעֲנִיתָם:
On my back, the plowmen plowed; they lengthened their furrow.
יְהוָה צַדִּיק קִצֵּץ עֲבוֹת רְשָׁעִים:
The Lord is righteous; He will cut the ropes of the wicked.
יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִסֹּגוּ אָחוֹר כֹּל שֹׂנְאֵי צִיּוֹן:
May all those who hate Zion be ashamed and retreat.
יִהְיוּ כַּחֲצִיר גַּגּוֹת שֶׁקַּדְמַת שָׁלַף יָבֵשׁ:
May they be like the grass of the roofs, which, before it is plucked, withers.
שֶׁלֹּא מִלֵּא כַפּוֹ קוֹצֵר וְחִצְנוֹ מְעַמֵּר:
Of which the reaper did not fill his hand, nor the gatherer his arm.
וְלֹא אָמְרוּ הָעֹבְרִים בִּרְכַּת יְהוָה אֲלֵיכֶם בֵּרַכְנוּ אֶתְכֶם בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה:
And the passers-by did not say, "May the blessing of the Lord be to you; we have blessed you in the name of the Lord."