Psalmorum 129

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

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

2 Saepe expugnaverunt me a iuventute 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 iustus concidet 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 foenum tectorum: quod priusquam evellatur, exaruit:

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

7 De quo non implebit 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 praeteribant: 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.”