Psalms 129

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

Pogosto so me prizadeli od moje mladosti, naj sedaj reče Izrael,

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

pogosto so me prizadeli od moje mladosti, vendar niso prevladali zoper mene.

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

Orači so orali na mojem hrbtu; svoje brazde so naredili dolge.

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

Gospod je pravičen; razsekal je vrvi zlobnih.

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

Naj bodo zbegani in obrnjeni nazaj vsi, ki sovražijo Sion.

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

Naj bodo kakor trava na hišnih strehah, ki ovene preden zraste,

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

s čimer kosec ne napolni svoje roke niti kdor veže snope svojega naročja.

8 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.

[Naj] niti tisti, ki gredo mimo, ne rečejo: »Nad vami naj bo Gospodov blagoslov. Blagoslavljamo vas v Gospodovem imenu.«