Ψαλμοί 129

1 ᾠδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν πλεονάκις ἐπολέμησάν με ἐκ νεότητός μου εἰπάτω δὴ Ισραηλ

A Song of Degrees. Many a time have they warred against me from my youth, let Israel now say:

2 πλεονάκις ἐπολέμησάν με ἐκ νεότητός μου καὶ γὰρ οὐκ ἠδυνήθησάν μοι

Many a time have they warred against me from my youth: and yet they prevailed not against me.

3 ἐπὶ τοῦ νώτου μου ἐτέκταινον οἱ ἁμαρτωλοί ἐμάκρυναν τὴν ἀνομίαν αὐτῶν

The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their iniquity.

4 κύριος δίκαιος συνέκοψεν αὐχένας ἁμαρτωλῶν

The righteous Lord has cut asunder the necks of sinners.

5 αἰσχυνθήτωσαν καὶ ἀποστραφήτωσαν εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω πάντες οἱ μισοῦντες Σιων

Let all that hate Sion be put to shame and turned back.

6 γενηθήτωσαν ὡς χόρτος δωμάτων ὃς πρὸ τοῦ ἐκσπασθῆναι ἐξηράνθη

Let them be as the grass of the house-tops, which withers before it is plucked up.

7 οὗ οὐκ ἐπλήρωσεν τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ὁ θερίζων καὶ τὸν κόλπον αὐτοῦ ὁ τὰ δράγματα συλλέγων

Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom.

8 καὶ οὐκ εἶπαν οἱ παράγοντες εὐλογία κυρίου ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς εὐλογήκαμεν ὑμᾶς ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου

Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.