Psalms 131
3 verses · Hebrew with nikud, English alongside · tap 🔊 to hear a verse
שִׁ֥יר הַֽמַּעֲל֗וֹת לְדָ֫וִ֥ד יְהֹוָ֤ה ׀ לֹא־גָבַ֣הּ לִ֭בִּי וְלֹא־רָמ֣וּ עֵינַ֑י וְלֹֽא־הִלַּ֓כְתִּי ׀ בִּגְדֹל֖וֹת וּבְנִפְלָא֣וֹת מִמֶּֽנִּי׃
shir hamma'alot ledavid Adonai lo-gavah libbi velo-ramu enay velo-hillakhti bigdolot uvenifla'ot mimmenni
A song of ascents. Of David. O ETERNAL One, my heart is not proud nor my look haughty; I do not aspire to great things or to what is beyond me;
אִם־לֹ֤א שִׁוִּ֨יתִי ׀ וְדוֹמַ֗מְתִּי נַ֫פְשִׁ֥י כְּ֭גָמֻל עֲלֵ֣י אִמּ֑וֹ כַּגָּמֻ֖ל עָלַ֣י נַפְשִֽׁי׃
im-lo shivviti vedomamti nafshi kegamul ale immo kaggamul alay nafshi
but I have taught myself to be contented like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child am I in my mind.
יַחֵ֣ל יִ֭שְׂרָאֵל אֶל־יְהֹוָ֑ה מֵ֝עַתָּ֗ה וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם׃ {פ}
yakhel yisra'el el-Adonai me'attah ve'ad-olam
O Israel, wait for GOD now and forever.
Hebrew text and English translation from Sefaria, under their Creative Commons licence.
Yaacov, native Jerusalemite
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