Ψαλμοί 129

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

A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth — oh let Israel say —

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

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth; yet they have not prevailed against me.

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

The ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows.

4 κύριος δίκαιος συνέκοψεν αὐχένας ἁμαρτωλῶν

Jehovah is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

5 αἰσχυνθήτωσαν καὶ ἀποστραφήτωσαν εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω πάντες οἱ μισοῦντες Σιων

Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all that hate Zion;

6 γενηθήτωσαν ὡς χόρτος δωμάτων ὃς πρὸ τοῦ ἐκσπασθῆναι ἐξηράνθη

Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,

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

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom;

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

Neither do the passers-by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; we bless you in the name of Jehovah!