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Aramaic Targum to Psalms Chapter 123

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שִׁירָא דְאִתְאַמַר עַל מְסוּקִין דִתְהוֹמָא קֳדָמָךְ זְקַפֵית יַת עֵינַי דְיָתֵיב עַל כּוּרְסֵי יְקָרָא בִשְׁמַיָא:

The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook)

The song that is said on the ascents from the abyss. Before You I lift my eyes — You who are seated on a glorious throne in heaven.

הָא כְמָא דְמוֹדִיקָן עַיְנֵי עַבְדִין מִיָדַיָא דְרִבּוֹנֵיהוֹן וְהֵיכְמָא דְמוֹדִיקָן עַיְנֵי אַמְתָא מִיָדַיָא דְרִבּוֹנְתָּהָא הֵכְדֵין מְדִיקָן עֵינָנָא קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָנָא עַד דִי יָחוּס עֲלָנָא:

The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook)

Behold, just as slaves' eyes gaze at the leftovers from their owners' hands, and just as maids' eyes gaze at the leftovers from their mistresses' hands, so too our eyes gaze at before Adonai our God, until when He has mercy on us.

חוּס עֲלָנָא יְיָ חוּס עֲלָנָא אֲרוּם סַגִי שְׂבַעֲנָא בְּסֵירוּתָא:

The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook)

Have mercy on us, Adonai, have mercy on us, because we are exceedingly sated with contempt.

סוּגְעָת שַׂבְעַת לָהּ נַפְשָׁנָא תַלְעוּבָא דְשָׁלְוִין מְבַסְרָנַיָא וְגֵיוְתָנַיָא:

The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook)

So much, our souls are sated with ridicule from those living at ease, the haughty and proud!

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