Psalms 129

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

שִׁיר הַֽמַּעֲלוֹת רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרַי יֹֽאמַר־נָא יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

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

רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרָי גַּם לֹא־יָכְלוּ לִֽי׃

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

עַל־גַּבִּי חָרְשׁוּ חֹרְשִׁים הֶאֱרִיכוּ למענותם לְמַעֲנִיתָֽם׃

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

יְהוָה צַדִּיק קִצֵּץ עֲבוֹת רְשָׁעִֽים׃

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

יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִסֹּגוּ אָחוֹר כֹּל שֹׂנְאֵי צִיּֽוֹן׃

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

יִהְיוּ כַּחֲצִיר גַּגּוֹת שֶׁקַּדְמַת שָׁלַף יָבֵֽשׁ׃

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

שֶׁלֹּא מִלֵּא כַפּוֹ קוֹצֵר וְחִצְנוֹ מְעַמֵּֽר׃

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

וְלֹא אָֽמְרוּ ׀ הָעֹבְרִים בִּרְכַּֽת־יְהוָה אֲלֵיכֶם בֵּרַכְנוּ אֶתְכֶם בְּשֵׁם יְהוָֽה׃