Psalmi 129

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

A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

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

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.

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

The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

4 Al' Jahve pravedni isiječe užeta zlikovcima!”

The LORD [is] righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

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

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

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

Let them be as the grass [upon] the house-tops, which withereth before it groweth up:

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

With which the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom.

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

Neither do they who go by, say, The blessing of the LORD [be] upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.