Psalms 129

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

שִׁיר הַֽמַּעֲלוֹת רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרַי יֹֽאמַר־נָא יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

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

רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרָי גַּם לֹא־יָכְלוּ לִֽי׃

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

עַל־גַּבִּי חָרְשׁוּ חֹרְשִׁים הֶאֱרִיכוּ למענותם לְמַעֲנִיתָֽם׃

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

יְהוָה צַדִּיק קִצֵּץ עֲבוֹת רְשָׁעִֽים׃

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

יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִסֹּגוּ אָחוֹר כֹּל שֹׂנְאֵי צִיּֽוֹן׃

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

יִהְיוּ כַּחֲצִיר גַּגּוֹת שֶׁקַּדְמַת שָׁלַף יָבֵֽשׁ׃

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

שֶׁלֹּא מִלֵּא כַפּוֹ קוֹצֵר וְחִצְנוֹ מְעַמֵּֽר׃

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.

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