Amahubo 129

1 Ingoma yemiqanso. Sebengihluphe kakhulu kusukela ebutsheni bami katsho njalo u-Israyeli,

A song of ascents. “Sore have they vexed me from youth” thus let Israel say

2 sebengihluphe kakhulu kusukela ebutsheni bami, kodwa kabangehlulanga.

“Sore have they vexed me from youth, but they have not prevailed against me.

3 Abalimi bawulimile umhlane wami benza imifolo emide.

“The ploughers ploughed on my back, they made their furrows long.

4 Kodwa uThixo ulungile; ungikhulule ezintanjeni zababi.

But the Lord, who is righteous, has cut the cords of the wicked.”

5 Akuthi bonke abayizondayo iZiyoni babuyiselwe emuva beyangekile.

Let all who are haters of Zion be put to shame and defeated.

6 Sengathi bangaba njengotshani obukhula ephahleni obubuna bungakakhuli;

May they be as the grass on the house-top, which withers before it shoots up;

7 umvuni angeke agcwalisa isandla sakhe ngabo, loba lowo obuthayo agcwalise izingalo zakhe.

which fills not the arms of the reaper, nor the lap of the binder of sheaves

8 Sengathi labo abadlulayo bangabokuthi, “Izibusiso zikaThixo mazibe kuwe; siyakubusisa ngegama likaThixo.”

whereof no one says as they pass, “The blessing of God be upon you.” In the name of the Lord we bless you.