Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

123 (Shir HaMa’alot, [Song of Ascents]) Unto Thee lift I up mine eyes, O Thou that dwellest in Shomayim.

² Hinei, as the eyes of avadim look unto the yad adoneihem, and as the eyes of a shifchah (maiden) unto the yad of her gevirah; so our eyes wait upon Hashem Eloheinu, until He have channun (favor, grace) upon us.

³ Channenu Hashem, channenu; for we are more than sated with buz (contempt).

⁴ Nafsheinu (our nefesh) is more than sated with the scorn of those that are at ease, and with the buz (contempt) of the g’eiyonim (proud ones, arrogant ones).

5 Then sang Devorah and Barak ben Avinoam on that day, saying,

² Barachu Hashem that the strong in Yisroel put forth strength, that the people willingly offered themselves.

³ Hear, O ye melachim; give ear, O ye rozenim (princes); I, even I, will sing unto Hashem; I will make music to Hashem Elohei Yisroel.

⁴ Hashem, when Thou wentest out from Seir, when Thou marchedst out of the sadeh Edom, Eretz trembled, HaShomayim poured, clouds also poured down mayim.

⁵ The harim quaked at the presence of Hashem, this Sinai before Hashem Elohei Yisroel.

⁶ In the days of Shamgar ben Anat, in the days of Yael, the roads were abandoned, and the travellers walked the byways.

⁷ The warrior ceased, they ceased in Yisroel, until I, Devorah, arose, I Em B’Yisroel arose.

⁸ They chose elohim chadashim when war was at the she’arim (gates); was there a mogen or spear to be seen among forty thousand in Yisroel?

⁹ My lev is toward the ones ruling in Yisroel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Barachu Hashem.

¹⁰ Reflect, ye that ride on white donkeys, ye that sit on saddle blankets, and walk on the derech.

¹¹ The voice of the singers in the place of drawing mayim, there shall they rehearse the Tzidkot Hashem, even the Tzidkot of His warriors in Yisroel; then shall HaAm Hashem go down to the she’arim.

¹² Awake, awake, Devorah; awake, awake, break out in song; arise, Barak, and lead captive thy captives, thou ben Avinoam.

⁴³ Now when the ruach hatameh (unclean spirit) goes out from the man, it goes through dry places seeking a manoach (resting place) and it does not find one.

⁴⁴ Then it says, Into my haunt I will return from where I came out. And having come out, it finds the bais standing empty, having been swept and having been put beseder (in order).

⁴⁵ Then it goes and takes along with itself seven other ruchot more evil than itself and, having entered the residence, it sets up house there, and the last state of that man has become worse than the first. Thus it will be with this evil generation also.