Psalms 129

1 A Song of Ascents. Many a time, have they harassed me from my youth, well may Israel say:

canticum graduum saepe expugnaverunt me a iuventute mea dicat nunc Israhel

2 Many a time, have they harassed me from youth, yet have they not prevailed against me.

saepe expugnaverunt me a iuventute mea etenim non potuerunt mihi

3 Upon my back, have ploughmen ploughed, They have lengthened their furrow!

supra dorsum meum fabricabantur peccatores prolongaverunt iniquitatem suam

4 Yahweh, is righteous, He hath cut asunder the cords of the lawless.

Dominus iustus concidet cervices peccatorum

5 Let all who hate Zion, be ashamed and shrink back:

confundantur et convertantur retrorsum omnes qui oderunt Sion

6 Let them become like the grass of housetops, which, before it is pulled up, hath withered;

fiant sicut faenum tectorum quod priusquam evellatur exaruit

7 Wherewith no reaper, hath filled his hand, nor binder, his bosom:

de quo non implevit manum suam qui metit et sinum suum qui manipulos colligit

8 Neither have the passers-by ever said, The blessing of Yahweh, be unto you, —We have blessed you in the Name of Yahweh.

et non dixerunt qui praeteribant benedictio Domini super vos benediximus vobis in nomine Domini