Psalms 129

1 Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,

Canticum graduum. Sæpe expugnaverunt me a juventute mea, dicat nunc Israël;

2 Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

sæpe expugnaverunt me a juventute mea: etenim non potuerunt mihi.

3 The plowers plowed upon my back. They made long their furrows.

Supra dorsum meum fabricaverunt peccatores; prolongaverunt iniquitatem suam.

4 Jehovah is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

Dominus justus concidit cervices peccatorum.

5 Let them be put to shame and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.

Confundantur, et convertantur retrorsum omnes qui oderunt Sion.

6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up,

Fiant sicut fœnum tectorum, quod priusquam evellatur exaruit:

7 with which the reaper fills not his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

de quo non implevit manum suam qui metit, et sinum suum qui manipulos colligit.

8 Neither do those who go by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you. We bless you in the name of Jehovah.

Et non dixerunt qui præteribant: Benedictio Domini super vos. Benediximus vobis in nomine Domini.