Psalmorum 129

1 Canticum graduum. [Sæpe expugnaverunt me a juventute mea, dicat nunc Israël;

A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare—

2 sæpe expugnaverunt me a juventute mea: etenim non potuerunt mihi.

many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.

3 Supra dorsum meum fabricaverunt peccatores; prolongaverunt iniquitatem suam.

The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.

4 Dominus justus concidit cervices peccatorum.

The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.

5 Confundantur, et convertantur retrorsum omnes qui oderunt Sion.

May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

6 Fiant sicut fœnum tectorum, quod priusquam evellatur exaruit:

May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,

7 de quo non implevit manum suam qui metit, et sinum suum qui manipulos colligit.

unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.

8 Et non dixerunt qui præteribant: Benedictio Domini super vos. Benediximus vobis in nomine Domini.]

May none who pass by say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.”