Psalmowo 129

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

A song of degrees. They haue often times afflicted me from my youth (may Israel nowe say)

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

They haue often times afflicted me from my youth: but they could not preuaile against me.

3 Agbleŋlɔlawo ŋlɔ nye dzimegbe, eye woɖe boliƒowo wodidi,

The plowers plowed vpon my backe, and made long furrowes.

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

But the righteous Lord hath cut the cordes of the wicked.

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

They that hate Zion, shalbe all ashamed and turned backward.

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

They shalbe as the grasse on the house tops, which withereth afore it commeth forth.

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

Whereof the mower filleth not his hand, neither the glainer his lap:

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

Neither they, which go by, say, The blessing of the Lord be vpon you, or, We blesse you in the Name of the Lord.