Psalmorum 129

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

A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:

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

Often they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me.

3 Supra dorsum meum fabricaverunt peccatores: prolongaverunt iniquitatem suam.

Plowers have plowed over my back, They have made their furrows long.

4 Dominus iustus concidet cervices peccatorum:

YHWH [is] righteous, He has cut apart cords of the wicked.

5 confundantur et convertantur retrorsum omnes, qui oderunt Sion.

All hating Zion [are] confounded and turn backward.

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

They are as grass of the roofs, That withers before it was drawn out,

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

That has not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

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

And the passers by have not said, “The blessing of YHWH [is] on you, We blessed you in the Name of YHWH!”