Psalms 129

1 song [the] step many to vex me from youth my to say please Israel

[I say that] my enemies have (afflicted/caused trouble for) me ever since I was young. [Now I ask you, my fellow] Israelis, to repeat those same words:

2 many to vex me from youth my also not be able to/for me

“Our enemies have afflicted us since our nation began, but they have not defeated us!

3 upon back/rim/brow my to plow/plot to plow/plot to prolong (to/for furrow their *Q(K)*)

[Our enemies struck us with whips] that cut into our backs [MET] like a [farmer uses a] plow to cut deep furrows into the ground.”

4 LORD righteous to cut cord wicked

[But] Yahweh is righteous, and he has freed [me] from being a slave [MTY] of wicked [people].

5 be ashamed and to turn back all to hate Zion

I wish/hope that all those who hate Jerusalem/Israel will be ashamed because of being defeated.

6 to be like/as grass roof which/that former to draw to wither

I hope/wish that they will be [of no value], like grass that grows on the roofs of houses that dries up and does not grow tall;

7 which/that not to fill palm his to reap and bosom his to bind

[as a result] no one [cuts it and] puts it in bundles and carries it away.

8 and not to say [the] to pass blessing LORD to(wards) you to bless [obj] you in/on/with name LORD

People who pass by [and see men harvesting grain usually greet them by saying to them], “We wish/hope that Yahweh will bless you!” But this will not happen [to those who hate Israel]. We, acting as Yahweh’s representatives, bless you [Israelis.]