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 Israhel

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 fabricabantur 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 faenum tectorum quod priusquam evellatur exaruit

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

de quo non implevit 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