Psalmi 129

1 Hodočasnička pjesma. “Mnogo su me od mladosti tlačili” - neka rekne sad Izrael!

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

2 “Mnogo su me od mladosti tlačili, ali me ne svladaše.

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

3 Po leđima su mojim orači orali, duge brazde povlačili.

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

4 Al' Jahve pravedni isiječe užeta zlikovcima!”

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

5 Nek' se postide i uzmaknu svi koji mrze Sion!

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

6 Nek' budu k'o trava na krovu što povene prije nego je počupaju.

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

7 Žetelac njome ne napuni ruku ni naručje onaj koji veže snopove.

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

8 A prolaznici nek' ne reknu: “Blagoslov Jahvin nad vama! Blagoslivljamo vas imenom Jahvinim!”

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.