Psalms 129

1 Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.

Canticum graduum. Saepe expugnaverunt me a iuventute mea, dicat nunc Israel.

2 Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me.

Saepe expugnaverunt me a iuventute mea: etenim non potuerunt mihi.

3 The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity.

Supra dorsum meum fabricaverunt peccatores: prolongaverunt iniquitatem suam.

4 The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners:

Dominus iustus concidet cervices peccatorum:

5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion.

confundantur et convertantur retrorsum omnes, qui oderunt Sion.

6 Let them be as grass on the tops of houses: which withered before it be plucked up:

Fiant sicut foenum tectorum: quod priusquam evellatur, exaruit:

7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.

De quo non implebit manum suam qui metit, et sinum suum qui manipulos colligit.

8 And they that have passed by have not said: 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.