Psalms 129

1 A Song of Degrees. Many a time have they warred against me from my youth, let Israel now say:

canticum graduum saepe expugnaverunt me a iuventute mea dicat nunc Israhel

2 Many a time have they warred against me from my youth: and yet they prevailed not against me.

saepe expugnaverunt me a iuventute mea etenim non potuerunt mihi

3 The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their iniquity.

supra dorsum meum fabricabantur peccatores prolongaverunt iniquitatem suam

4 The righteous Lord has cut asunder the necks of sinners.

Dominus iustus concidet cervices peccatorum

5 Let all that hate Sion be put to shame and turned back.

confundantur et convertantur retrorsum omnes qui oderunt Sion

6 Let them be as the grass of the housetops, which withers before it is plucked up.

fiant sicut faenum tectorum quod priusquam evellatur exaruit

7 Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom.

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

8 Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.

et non dixerunt qui praeteribant benedictio Domini super vos benediximus vobis in nomine Domini