(א) מָעוֹז צוּר יְשׁוּעָתִי לְךָ נָאֶה לְשַׁבֵּחַ.
(ב) תִּכּוֹן בֵּית תְּפִלָּתִי וְשָׁם תּוֹדָה נְזַבֵּחַ.
(ג) לְעֵת תָּכִין מַטְבֵּחַ מִצָּר הַמְנַבֵּחַ.
(ד) אָז אֶגְמוֹר בְּשִׁיר מִזְמוֹר חֲנֻכַּת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ.
(1) O Fortress, Rock of my salvation, it is pleasant to praise you:
(2) let my house of prayer be restored, and I will there offer thanksgivings
(3) when you have prepared a slaughter of the barking foe,
(4) I will complete with song and psalm the dedication of the altar.
(ו) רָעוֹת שָׂבְעָה נַפְשִׁי בְּיָגוֹן כֹּחִי כִּלָה.
(ז) חַיַּי מָרְרוּ בְּקוֹשִׁי בְּשִׁעְבּוּד מַלְכוּת עֶגְלָה.
(ח) וּבְיָדוֹ הַגְּדוֹלָה הוֹצִיא אֶת הַסְּגֻלָּה.
(ט) חֵיל פַּרְעֹה וְכָל זַרְעוֹ יָרְדוּ כְאֶבֶן בִּמְצוּלָה.
(6) My soul was filled with ills, my strength was spent with sorrow;
(7) they embittered my life by hardship during my subjection to the empire of the calf
(8) but God with his great power brought forth the treasured ones
(9) while the host of Pharaoh and all his seed sank like a stone into the deep.
(יא) דְּבִיר קָדְשׁוֹ הֱבִיאַנִי וְגַם שָׁם לֹא שָׁקַטְתִּי.
(יב) וּבָא נוֹגֵשׂ וְהִגְלַנִי. כִּי זָרִים עָבַדְתִּי.
(יג) וְיֵין רַעַל מָסַכְתִּי כִּמְעַט שֶׁעָבַרְתִּי.
(יד) קֵץ בָּבֶל, זְרֻבָּבֶל, לְקֵץ שִׁבְעִים נוֹשָׁעְתִּי.
עברית
(11) To his holy house he brought me, yet there also I found no peace,
(12) for the oppressor came and led me captive, because I had served strange gods:
(13) I had to quaff the wine of bewilderment; well nigh had I perished,
(14) when Babylon's end drew near; through Zerubbabel I was saved after seventy years.
טז) כְּרוֹת קוֹמַת בְּרוֹשׁ, בִּקֵּשׁ אֲגָגִי בֶּן הַמְּדָתָא.
(יז) וְנִהְיָתָה לוֹ לְפַח וּלְמוֹקֵשׁ וְגַאֲוָתוֹ נִשְׁבָּתָה.
(יח) רֹאשׁ יְמִינִי נִשֵּׂאתָ וְאוֹיֵב שְׁמוֹ מָחִיתָ.
(יט) רֹב בָּנָיו וְקִנְיָנָיו עַל הָעֵץ תָּלִיתָ.
(16) The Agagite the son of Hammedatha, sought to cut down the lofty fir tree
(17) but his design became a snare to himself, and his pride was brought to an end.
(18) You exalted the head of the Benjamite, but the enemy's name you blotted out:
(19) His many sons and belongings you hung on the gallows.
(כא) יְוָנִים נִקְבְּצוּ עָלַי אֲזַי בִּימֵי חַשְׁמַנִּים.
(כב) וּפָרְצוּ חוֹמוֹת מִגְדָּלַי וְטִמְּאוּ כָּל הַשְּׁמָנִים.
(כג) וּמִנּוֹתַר קַנְקַנִּים נַעֲשָׂה נֵס לַשּׁוֹשַׁנִּים.
(כד) בְּנֵי בִינָה יְמֵי שְׁמוֹנָה קָבְעוּ שִׁיר וּרְנָנִים.
(21) The Greeks were gathered against me in the days of the Hasmoneans;
(22) they broke down the walls of my towers, and defiled all the oils;
(23) but from one of the last remaining flasks a miracle was wrought for the lilies
(24) and their men of understanding appointed these eight days for song and praises.
חֲשׂוֹף זְרוֹעַ קָדְשֶׁךָ וְקָרֵב קֵץ הַיְשׁוּעָה.
נְקֹם נִקְמַת דַּם עֲבָדֶיךָ מֵאֻמָּה הָרְשָׁעָה.
כִּי אָרְכָה לָנוּ הַשָּׁעָה וְאֵין קֵץ לִימֵי הָרָעָה.
דְּחֵה אַדְמוֹן בְּצֵל צַלְמוֹן, הָקֵם לָנוּ רוֹעֶה שִׁבְעָה.
Unsheath your holy arm, and bring near the end that is salvation.
Claim the vengeance of your servants' blood from the evil nation.
For the hour has lengthened on us, and there is no end to the days of evil.
Push back the red one, in the shadow of the Tsalmon, and raise for us the shepherd of seven.