🔊 Audio of Psalm 123
Psalm 123
Hebrew text, Sephardic transliteration, and English translation for reading, study, and prayer.
| # | Hebrew | Sephardic Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת אֵלֶיךָ נָשָׂאתִי אֶת־עֵינַי הַיֹּשְׁבִי בַּשָּׁמָיִם | Shír ha-ma-a-lót. E-lé-kha na-sá-ti et e-n-ái; ha-yo-shév ba-sha-má-yim. | A Song of Ascents. To You I lift up my eyes, O You who are enthroned in the heavens! |
| 2 | הִנֵּה כְעֵינֵי עֲבָדִים אֶל־יַד אֲדוֹנֵיהֶם כְּעֵינֵי שִׁפְחָה אֶל־יַד גְּבִרְתָּהּ כֵּן עֵינֵינוּ אֶל־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ עַד שֶׁיְּחָנֵּנוּ | Hin-néh ke-e-néi a-va-dím el yad a-do-ne-hém; ke-e-néi shif-kháh el yad ge-vir-táh; kén e-né-nu el Ado-nái E-lo-hé-nu; ad she-ye-kho-né-nu. | Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till He is gracious to us. |
| 3 | חָנֵּנוּ יְהוָה חָנֵּנוּ כִּי־רַב שָׂבַעְנוּ בוּז | Kho-né-nu Ado-nái kho-né-nu; ki rav sa-vá-nu buz. | Be gracious to us, O the LORD, be gracious to us, for we have had more than enough of contempt. |
| 4 | רַבַּת שָׂבְעָה־לָּהּ נַפְשֵׁנוּ הַלַּעַג הַשַּׁאֲנַנִּים הַבּוּז לִגְאֵיוֹנִים | Ra-bát sa-ve-a‘h la’ naf-she-nú; ha-la-ag ha-sha-an-a-n-ním; ha-búz li-ge-éi yo-ním. | Our soul has had more than enough of the scorn of those who are at ease, of the contempt of the proud. |