< תהילים 129 >
שיר המעלות רבת צררוני מנעורי-- יאמר-נא ישראל | 1 |
A Song of Ascents. Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say:
רבת צררוני מנעורי גם לא-יכלו לי | 2 |
many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.
על-גבי חרשו חרשים האריכו למענותם (למעניתם) | 3 |
The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.
יהוה צדיק קצץ עבות רשעים | 4 |
The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
יבשו ויסגו אחור-- כל שנאי ציון | 5 |
Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.
יהיו כחציר גגות-- שקדמת שלף יבש | 6 |
Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
שלא מלא כפו קוצר וחצנו מעמר | 7 |
with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.
ולא אמרו העברים-- ברכת-יהוה אליכם ברכנו אתכם בשם יהוה | 8 |
Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of the LORD be on you. We bless you in the LORD’s name.”