Salmos 129

1 Muitas vezes me angustiaram desde a minha mocidade, diga agora Israel:

A Canticle in steps. They have often fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say:

2 Muitas vezes me angustiaram desde a minha mocidade, todavia não prevaleceram contra mim.

they have often fought against me from my youth, yet they could not prevail over me.

3 Os lavradores araram sobre as minhas costas: compridos fizeram os seus sulcos.

The sinners have made fabrications behind my back. They have prolonged their iniquity.

4 O Senhor é justo: cortou as cordas dos ímpios.

The just Lord will cut the necks of sinners.

5 Sejam confundidos, e voltem para traz, todos os que aborrecem a Sião.

Let all those who hate Zion be confounded and turned backwards.

6 Sejam como a erva dos telhados, que se seca antes que a arranquem.

Let them be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can be pulled up:

7 Com a qual o segador não enche a sua mão, nem o que ata os feixes enche o seu braço.

with it, he who reaps does not fill his hand and he who gathers sheaves does not fill his bosom.

8 Nem tão pouco os que passam digam: A benção do Senhor seja sobre vós: nós vos abençoamos em nome do Senhor.

And those who were passing by have not said to them: “The blessing of the Lord be upon you. We have blessed you in the name of the Lord.”