< Psalmorum 129 >
1 Canticum graduum. Sæpe expugnaverunt me a iuventute mea, dicat nunc Israel.
Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.
2 Sæpe expugnaverunt me a iuventute mea: etenim non potuerunt mihi.
Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me.
3 Supra dorsum meum fabricaverunt peccatores: prolongaverunt iniquitatem suam.
The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity.
4 Dominus iustus concidit cervices peccatorum:
The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners:
5 confundantur et convertantur retrorsum omnes, qui oderunt Sion.
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion.
6 Fiant sicut fœnum tectorum: quod priusquam evellatur, exaruit:
Let them be as grass on the tops of houses: which withered before it be plucked up:
7 De quo non implevit manum suam qui metit, et sinum suum qui manipulos colligit.
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.
8 Et non dixerunt qui præteribant: Benedictio Domini super vos: benediximus vobis in nomine Domini.
And they that have passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.