תהילים 129

1 שִׁיר הַֽמַּעֲלוֹת רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרַי יֹֽאמַר־נָא יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

A Song of the going up. Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say);

2 רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרָי גַּם לֹא־יָכְלוּ לִֽי׃

Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young, but my troubles have not overcome me.

3 עַל־גַּבִּי חָרְשׁוּ חֹרְשִׁים הֶאֱרִיכוּ למענותם לְמַעֲנִיתָֽם׃

The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made.

4 יְהוָה צַדִּיק קִצֵּץ עֲבוֹת רְשָׁעִֽים׃

The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.

5 יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִסֹּגוּ אָחוֹר כֹּל שֹׂנְאֵי צִיּֽוֹן׃

Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back.

6 יִהְיוּ כַּחֲצִיר גַּגּוֹת שֶׁקַּדְמַת שָׁלַף יָבֵֽשׁ׃

Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.

7 שֶׁלֹּא מִלֵּא כַפּוֹ קוֹצֵר וְחִצְנוֹ מְעַמֵּֽר׃

He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.

8 וְלֹא אָֽמְרוּ ׀ הָעֹבְרִים בִּרְכַּֽת־יְהוָה אֲלֵיכֶם בֵּרַכְנוּ אֶתְכֶם בְּשֵׁם יְהוָֽה׃

And those who go by do not say, The blessing of the Lord be on you; we give you blessing in the name of the Lord.