Psalms 129

1 A Song of Ascents. Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now 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 times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have 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 The ploughers ploughed on my back. They made their furrows long.

又像農夫在我背上耕田，使所犁的溝畦又長又遠；

4 The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

但上主卻公道不偏，將惡人的繩索割斷。

5 Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.

願一切仇恨熙雍的人民，個個蒙受羞辱，轉身逃遁！

6 Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,

願他們像屋頂上的禾草，尚未吐出秀穗，就已枯槁！

7 with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

收割的人，手拿一把不滿，捆禾的人，懷抱一束不顯。

8 Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of the LORD be on you. We bless you in the LORD’s name.”

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。