🔊 Audio of Psalm 124
Psalm 124
Hebrew text, Sephardic transliteration, and English translation for reading, study, and prayer.
| # | Hebrew | Sephardic Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת לְדָוִד לוּלֵי יְהוָה שֶׁהָיָה לָנוּ יֹאמַר־נָא יִשְׂרָאֵל | Shír ha-ma-a-lót le-Da-víd. Lu-léi Ado-nái she-há-yah lá-nu; yo-mar na Yis-ra-él. | A Song of Ascents. Of David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side let Israel now say |
| 2 | לוּלֵי יְהוָה שֶׁהָיָה לָנוּ בְּקוּם עָלֵינוּ אָדָם | Lu-léi Ado-nái she-há-yah lá-nu; be-kúm a-le-nu a-dám. | If it had not been the LORD who was on our side when people rose up against us. |
| 3 | אֲזַי חַיִּים בְּלָעוּנוּ בַּחֲרוֹת אַפָּם בָּנוּ | Az kha-y-yím ve-la-a-mú-nu; bi-ve-ró ap-pám bá-nu. | Then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us. |
| 4 | אֲזַי הַמַּיִם שְׁטָפוּנוּ נַחְלָה עָבַר עַל־נַפְשֵׁנוּ | Az ha-ma-yím shat-fu-nú; na-khaál a-vár al naf-she-nú. | Then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us. |
| 5 | אֲזַי עָבַר עַל־נַפְשֵׁנוּ הַמַּיִם הַזֵּידוֹנִים | Az a-vár al naf-she-nú; ha-ma-yím ha-ze-do-ním. | Then over us would have gone the raging waters. |
| 6 | בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה שֶׁלֹּא נְתָנָנוּ טֶרֶף לְשִׁנֵּיהֶם | Ba-rúkh Ado-nái; she-lo ne-ta-na-nú té-ref le-shin-né-hem. | Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth! |
| 7 | נַפְשֵׁנוּ כְּצִפּוֹר נִמְלְטָה מִפַּח יוֹקְשִׁים הַפַּח נִשְׁבָּר וַאֲנַחְנוּ נִמְלָטְנוּ | Naf-she-nú ke-tzip-pór nim-le-táh; mi-pákh yo-ke-shím; ha-pákh nish-bár va-a-nakh-nú nim-lát-nu. | We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped! |
| 8 | עֶזְרֵנוּ בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה עֹשֵׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ | Ez-re-nú be-shém Ado-nái; o-séh sha-má-yim va-a-rétz. | Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. |