(א) שִׁ֥יר הַֽמַּעֲל֗וֹת לְדָ֫וִ֥ד
לוּלֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה שֶׁהָ֣יָה לָ֑נוּ
יֹֽאמַר־נָ֝א יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
(ב) לוּלֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה שֶׁהָ֣יָה לָ֑נוּ
בְּק֖וּם עָלֵ֣ינוּ אָדָֽם׃
(ג) אֲ֭זַי חַיִּ֣ים בְּלָע֑וּנוּ
בַּחֲר֖וֹת אַפָּ֣ם בָּֽנוּ׃
(ד) אֲ֭זַי הַמַּ֣יִם שְׁטָפ֑וּנוּ
נַ֗֜חְלָה עָבַ֥ר עַל־נַפְשֵֽׁנוּ׃
(ה) אֲ֭זַי עָבַ֣ר עַל־נַפְשֵׁ֑נוּ
הַ֝מַּ֗יִם הַזֵּֽידוֹנִֽים׃
(ו) בָּר֥וּךְ יְהוָ֑ה
שֶׁלֹּ֥א נְתָנָ֥נוּ טֶ֝֗רֶף לְשִׁנֵּיהֶֽם׃
(ז) נַפְשֵׁ֗נוּ כְּצִפּ֥וֹר
נִמְלְטָה֮ מִפַּ֪ח י֫וֹקְשִׁ֥ים
הַפַּ֥ח נִשְׁבָּ֗ר
וַאֲנַ֥חְנוּ נִמְלָֽטְנוּ׃
(ח) עֶ֭זְרֵנוּ
בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה
עֹ֝שֵׂ֗ה שָׁמַ֥יִם וָאָֽרֶץ׃
By David
The song of one step
after another
Longing for cover
If we didn’t have God
Where would we be, brother?
Faced with anger
Responding with shame
Swallowed alive
by those playing the game.
Overwhelmed, washed over,
Drowning in the water
Captured by evil
And led to slaughter.
Baruch HaShem…
Baruch HaShem…
Baruch HaShem, HaShem, HaShem
When I kneel to God
I am not ripped to pieces
Our soul is like a bird.
Our soul is like a bird.
Our soul is like a bird…
Like a bird that got away
Got away from the trap and the cage
The cage that splintered in a thousand pieces
A bird that got away.
Helping us
Flying free
The name God
Creator of Heaven and Earth.