Psalmorum 129

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

A Song of Ascents. Many a time, have they harassed me from my youth, well may Israel say:

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

Many a time, have they harassed me from youth, yet have they not prevailed against me.

3 Supra dorsum meum fabricaverunt peccatores: prolongaverunt iniquitatem suam.

Upon my back, have ploughmen ploughed, They have lengthened their furrow!

4 Dominus iustus concidet cervices peccatorum:

Yahweh, is righteous, He hath cut asunder the cords of the lawless.

5 confundantur et convertantur retrorsum omnes, qui oderunt Sion.

Let all who hate Zion, be ashamed and shrink back:

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

Let them become like the grass of housetops, which, before it is pulled up, hath withered;

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

Wherewith no reaper, hath filled his hand, nor binder, his bosom:

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

Neither have the passers-by ever said, The blessing of Yahweh, be unto you, —We have blessed you in the Name of Yahweh.