< תהילים 129 >
שיר המעלות רבת צררוני מנעורי יאמר נא ישראל׃ | 1 |
A Song of the going up. Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say);
רבת צררוני מנעורי גם לא יכלו לי׃ | 2 |
Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young, but my troubles have not overcome me.
על גבי חרשו חרשים האריכו למענותם׃ | 3 |
The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made.
יהוה צדיק קצץ עבות רשעים׃ | 4 |
The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.
יבשו ויסגו אחור כל שנאי ציון׃ | 5 |
Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back.
יהיו כחציר גגות שקדמת שלף יבש׃ | 6 |
Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.
שלא מלא כפו קוצר וחצנו מעמר׃ | 7 |
He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.
ולא אמרו העברים ברכת יהוה אליכם ברכנו אתכם בשם יהוה׃ | 8 |
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.