Hebrew
שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת, רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרָי, יֹאמַר־נָא יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי
מִנְּעוּרָי, גַּם לֹא־יָכְלוּ לִי׃ עַל־גַּבִּי חָרְשׁוּ חֹרְשִׁים, הֶאֱרִיכוּ לְמַעֲנִיתָם׃ יְהֹוָה
צַדִּיק, קִצֵּץ עֲבוֹת רְשָׁעִים׃ יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִסֹּגוּ אָחוֹר כֹּל שֹׂנְאֵי צִיּוֹן׃ יִהְיוּ כַּחֲצִיר
גַּגּוֹת, שֶׁקַּדְמַת שָׁלַף יָבֵשׁ׃ שֶׁלֹּא מִלֵּא כַפּוֹ קוֹצֵר, וְחִצְנוֹ מְעַמֵּר׃ וְלֹא אָמְרוּ
הָעֹבְרִים, בִּרְכַּת־יְהֹוָה אֲלֵיכֶם, בֵּרַכְנוּ אֶתְכֶם בְּשֵׁם יְהֹוָה׃
מִנְּעוּרָי, גַּם לֹא־יָכְלוּ לִי׃ עַל־גַּבִּי חָרְשׁוּ חֹרְשִׁים, הֶאֱרִיכוּ לְמַעֲנִיתָם׃ יְהֹוָה
צַדִּיק, קִצֵּץ עֲבוֹת רְשָׁעִים׃ יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִסֹּגוּ אָחוֹר כֹּל שֹׂנְאֵי צִיּוֹן׃ יִהְיוּ כַּחֲצִיר
גַּגּוֹת, שֶׁקַּדְמַת שָׁלַף יָבֵשׁ׃ שֶׁלֹּא מִלֵּא כַפּוֹ קוֹצֵר, וְחִצְנוֹ מְעַמֵּר׃ וְלֹא אָמְרוּ
הָעֹבְרִים, בִּרְכַּת־יְהֹוָה אֲלֵיכֶם, בֵּרַכְנוּ אֶתְכֶם בְּשֵׁם יְהֹוָה׃
Sephardi
Shir hama'alot, rabbat tzeraruni mine'urai, yomar-na Yisrael: rabbat tzeraruni
Mine'urai, gam lo-yachlu li: al-gabbi charshu chorshim, he'erichu lema'anitam: Adonai
Tzaddik, kitzetz avot resha'im: yevoshu veyissogu achor kol sone'ei Tziyon: yihyu kachatzir
Gaggot, shekadmat shalaf yavesh: shelo millei chappo kotzer, vechitzno me'ammer: velo amru
Ha'ovrim, birkat-Adonai aleichem, berachnu etchem beshem Adonai:
Mine'urai, gam lo-yachlu li: al-gabbi charshu chorshim, he'erichu lema'anitam: Adonai
Tzaddik, kitzetz avot resha'im: yevoshu veyissogu achor kol sone'ei Tziyon: yihyu kachatzir
Gaggot, shekadmat shalaf yavesh: shelo millei chappo kotzer, vechitzno me'ammer: velo amru
Ha'ovrim, birkat-Adonai aleichem, berachnu etchem beshem Adonai:
English
A song of ascents. Often since I was young I have been attacked – let Israel now say – often since I was young I have been attacked, but never have my attackers prevailed. Plowmen plowed across my back, making long furrows. But the LORD is just; He has cut the bonds of the wicked. Let all who hate Zion be driven back in shame. Let them be like the grass on roofs that fades before it can be pulled up. It will never fill a reaper’s hand nor yield an armful for the gatherer of sheaves. No passersby will say to them: “The LORD’s blessing be upon you. We bless you in the name of the LORD.”