1(Shir HaMa'alot) 1 Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee, Hashem.

2Adonoi, hear my voice;
let Thine ears be attentive
to the voice of my techinnot (supplications).

3If Thou, Hashem, shouldest record iniquities,
Adonoi, who could stand?

4But there is selichah (forgiveness) with Thee;
therefore, Thou art feared.

5I wait for Hashem,
my nefesh doth wait,
and in His Devar do I hope.

6My nefesh waiteth for Adonoi
more than the shomrim that watch for the boker;
I say, more than the shomrim that watch for the boker.

7Let Yisroel hope in Hashem;
for with Hashem there is chesed,
and with Him is plenteous pedut (redemption).

8And He shall redeem Yisroel from all his iniquities.