Psalmorum 129

1 Canticum graduum. Sæpe expugnaverunt me a iuventute mea, dicat nunc Israel.

Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,

2 Sæpe expugnaverunt me a iuventute mea: etenim non potuerunt mihi.

Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 Supra dorsum meum fabricaverunt peccatores: prolongaverunt iniquitatem suam.

The plowers plowed upon my back. They made long their furrows.

4 Dominus iustus concidit cervices peccatorum:

Jehovah is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

5 confundantur et convertantur retrorsum omnes, qui oderunt Sion.

Let them be put to shame and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.

6 Fiant sicut fœnum tectorum: quod priusquam evellatur, exaruit:

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up,

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

with which the reaper fills not his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

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

Neither do those who go by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you. We bless you in the name of Jehovah.