Psalmi 129

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

[A Song of Ascents.] Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,

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

many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

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

The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.

4 Al' Jahve pravedni isiječe užeta zlikovcima!”

The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

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

Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.

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

Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up;

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

with which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

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

Neither do those who go by say, "The blessing of the LORD be on you. We bless you in the name of the LORD."