Psalms 129

1 “A song of the degrees.” Many a time have they assailed me from my youth, so should Israel say;

١ تَرْنِيمَةُ ٱلْمَصَاعِدِ «كَثِيرًا مَا ضَايَقُونِي مُنْذُ شَبَابِي». لِيَقُلْ إِسْرَائِيلُ:

2 Many a time have they assailed me from my youth: yet have they not prevailed against me.

٢ «كَثِيرًا مَا ضَايَقُونِي مُنْذُ شَبَابِي، لَكِنْ لَمْ يَقْدِرُوا عَلَيَّ.

3 Upon my back have ploughmen ploughed; they have drawn long their furrows:

٣ عَلَى ظَهْرِي حَرَثَ ٱلْحُرَّاثُ. طَوَّلُوا أَتْلَامَهُمْ».

4 [Yet] the Lord is righteous; he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

٤ ٱلرَّبُّ صِدِّيقٌ. قَطَعَ رُبُطَ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ.

5 May all be put to shame and turned backward that hate Zion;

٥ فَلْيَخْزَ وَلْيَرْتَدَّ إِلَى ٱلْوَرَاءِ كُلُّ مُبْغِضِي صِهْيَوْنَ.

6 May they become like the grass of the roofs, which withereth before it is pulled up;

٦ لِيَكُونُوا كَعُشْبِ ٱلسُّطُوحِ ٱلَّذِي يَيْبَسُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُقْلَعَ،

7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor his arm he that bindeth sheaves.

٧ ٱلَّذِي لَا يَمْلَأُ ٱلْحَاصِدُ كَفَّهُ مِنْهُ وَلَا ٱلْمُحَزِّمُ حِضْنَهُ.

8 Nor do they who pass by say, The blessing of the Lord be with you: we bless you in the name of the Lord.

٨ وَلَا يَقُولُ ٱلْعَابِرُونَ: «بَرَكَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ عَلَيْكُمْ. بَارَكْنَاكُمْ بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ».