1 (Shir HaMa’alot [Song of Ascents], of Dovid)

If it had not been Hashem Who was lanu (for us, on our side),

now may Yisroel say;

2 If it had not been Hashem Who was lanu,

when adam (man) rose up against us;

3 Then they had swallowed us up chayyim (alive);

when their wrath was kindled against us;

4 Then the mayim would have overwhelmed us,

the torrent would have swept over nafsheinu (our nefesh);

5 Then the mayim hazedonim (treacherous waters)

would have swept over nafsheinu (our nefesh).

6 Baruch Hashem,

Who hath not given us up

as a prey to their shinayim (teeth).

7 Nafsheinu (our nefesh) is escaped as a tzippor (bird)

out of the pach (snare of the fowlers);

the pach is broken,

and we are escaped.

8 Ezreinu (our help) B’Shem Hashem

Oseh Shomayim vaAretz.