Psalms 129

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

Mɔzɔha. Wotem ɖe anyi ale gbegbe tso nye ɖekakpuime ke. Israel negblɔ be,

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

“Wotem ɖe anyi ale gbegbe tso nye ɖekakpuime ke, gake womeɖu dzinye o.

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

Agbleŋlɔlawo ŋlɔ nye dzimegbe, eye woɖe boliƒowo wodidi,

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

gake Yehowa nye dzɔdzɔetɔ, etso kam tso ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe babla me.”

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

Na be ame siwo katã tsri Zion la, nagbugbɔ ɖe megbe kple ŋukpe.

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

Na be woanɔ abe gbe si wotsɔ gbã xɔe ene, gbe si yrɔna, hafi ayi miemie ge.

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

Ale gbetsola mate ŋu atsoe alɔ ɖe asime loo, alo ame si le elɔm la, nayi elɔ ge ɖe abɔdome o.

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.

Ame siwo to afi ma yi la megagblɔ be, “Yehowa ƒe yayra nenɔ dziwò; míeyra wò le Yehowa ƒe ŋkɔ me” o.