Psalms 129

1 A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth — oh let Israel say —

ᾠδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν πλεονάκις ἐπολέμησάν με ἐκ νεότητός μου εἰπάτω δὴ Ισραηλ

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

πλεονάκις ἐπολέμησάν με ἐκ νεότητός μου καὶ γὰρ οὐκ ἠδυνήθησάν μοι

3 The ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows.

ἐπὶ τοῦ νώτου μου ἐτέκταινον οἱ ἁμαρτωλοί ἐμάκρυναν τὴν ἀνομίαν αὐτῶν

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

κύριος δίκαιος συνέκοψεν αὐχένας ἁμαρτωλῶν

5 Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all that hate Zion;

αἰσχυνθήτωσαν καὶ ἀποστραφήτωσαν εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω πάντες οἱ μισοῦντες Σιων

6 Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,

γενηθήτωσαν ὡς χόρτος δωμάτων ὃς πρὸ τοῦ ἐκσπασθῆναι ἐξηράνθη

7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom;

οὗ οὐκ ἐπλήρωσεν τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ὁ θερίζων καὶ τὸν κόλπον αὐτοῦ ὁ τὰ δράγματα συλλέγων

8 Neither do the passers-by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; we bless you in the name of Jehovah!

καὶ οὐκ εἶπαν οἱ παράγοντες εὐλογία κυρίου ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς εὐλογήκαμεν ὑμᾶς ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου