< Psalmorum 129 >

1 canticum graduum saepe expugnaverunt me a iuventute mea dicat nunc Israhel
Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,
2 saepe 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 fabricabantur peccatores prolongaverunt iniquitatem suam
The plowers plowed upon my back. They made long their furrows.
4 Dominus iustus concidet 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 faenum 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 praeteribant 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.

< Psalmorum 129 >