Psalms 129

1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now 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 plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

עַל־גַּבִּי חָרְשׁוּ חֹרְשִׁים הֶאֱרִיכוּ למענותם לְמַעֲנִיתָֽם׃

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

יְהוָה צַדִּיק קִצֵּץ עֲבוֹת רְשָׁעִֽים׃

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

יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִסֹּגוּ אָחוֹר כֹּל שֹׂנְאֵי צִיּֽוֹן׃

6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth 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 they which go by say, The blessing of Yhwh be upon you: we bless you in the name of Yhwh.

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