Psalms 129

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

從我少年，世人就與我為難，惟願以色列子民再說一遍：

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

從我少年，世人就與我為難，然而他們卻未能將我推翻。

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

又像農夫在我背上耕田，使所犁的溝畦又長又遠；

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

但上主卻公道不偏，將惡人的繩索割斷。

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

願一切仇恨熙雍的人民，個個蒙受羞辱，轉身逃遁！

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

願他們像屋頂上的禾草，尚未吐出秀穗，就已枯槁！

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

收割的人，手拿一把不滿，捆禾的人，懷抱一束不顯。

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.

過路的人們不會再說：願上主的祝福臨於您們，我們奉上主名祝福您們。