Psalms 129

1 A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

שִׁיר הַֽמַּעֲלוֹת רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרַי יֹאמַר־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 The LORD [is] righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

יְהֹוָה 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 the LORD [be] upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.

וְלֹא אָמְרוּ ׀ הָעֹבְרִים בִּרְכַּֽת־יְהֹוָה אֲלֵיכֶם בֵּרַכְנוּ אֶתְכֶם בְּשֵׁם יְהֹוָֽה׃