תהילים 129

1 שיר המעלות רבת צררוני מנעורי יאמר נא ישראל׃

A song for pilgrims going up to Jerusalem. Many enemies have attacked from the time I was young. Let everyone in Israel say:

2 רבת צררוני מנעורי גם לא יכלו לי׃

Many enemies have attacked from the time I was young, but they never defeated me.

3 על גבי חרשו חרשים האריכו למענותם׃

They beat me on my back, leaving long furrows as if it had been ploughed by a farmer.

4 יהוה צדיק קצץ עבות רשעים׃

But the Lord does what is right: he has cut me free from the ropes of the wicked.

5 יבשו ויסגו אחור כל שנאי ציון׃

May everyone who hates Zion be driven back in humiliating defeat.

6 יהיו כחציר גגות שקדמת שלף יבש׃

May they be like grass that grows on a roof that withers before it can be harvested,

7 שלא מלא כפו קוצר וחצנו מעמר׃

There's not enough even for a reaper to hold, not enough even for the binder to bind.

8 ולא אמרו העברים ברכת יהוה אליכם ברכנו אתכם בשם יהוה׃

May passers-by not say to them, “The blessing of the Lord be on you; we bless you in the name of the Lord.”