詩篇 129

1 從我少年，世人就與我為難，惟願以色列子民再說一遍：

A Song of the going up. Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say);

2 從我少年，世人就與我為難，然而他們卻未能將我推翻。

Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young, but my troubles have not overcome me.

3 又像農夫在我背上耕田，使所犁的溝畦又長又遠；

The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made.

4 但上主卻公道不偏，將惡人的繩索割斷。

The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.

5 願一切仇恨熙雍的人民，個個蒙受羞辱，轉身逃遁！

Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back.

6 願他們像屋頂上的禾草，尚未吐出秀穗，就已枯槁！

Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.

7 收割的人，手拿一把不滿，捆禾的人，懷抱一束不顯。

He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.

8 過路的人們不會再說：願上主的祝福臨於您們，我們奉上主名祝福您們。

And those who go by do not say, The blessing of the Lord be on you; we give you blessing in the name of the Lord.