Psalms 129

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

U A hoopilikia pinepine mai lakou ia'u, Mai ko'u wa opiopio mai, wahi a ka Iseraela;

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

Ua hoopilikia pinepine mai lakou ia'u, mai ko'u wa opiopio mai; Aole nae lakou i lanakila mai maluna o'u.

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

Ma ko'u kua i kahakaha ai ka poe kahakaha; A hana lakou i ko lakou kaha a loihi.

4 Jehovah is righteous: He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

Ua pono no o Iehova; Ua oki mai oia i na kaula o ka poe hewa.

5 Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.

E hoohilahilaia a e hoihoi hope ia mai, Ka poe a pau e inaina mai ia Ziona.

6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;

E like auanei lakou, me ka mauu maluna o na hale, Mae wale, ia mamua o ka liko ana.

7 Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom:

Aole e piha ka lima o ka mea i oki iho, Aole hoi ka umauma o ka mea hoopua i na pua.

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

Aole hoi e olelo mai ka poe e hele ae, Maluna o oukou auanei ka hoomaikai ana o Iehova: Ke hoomaikai aku nei makou ia oukou ma ka inoa o Iehova.