Mapisarema 129

1 Rwiyo rworwendo. Vakandidzvinyirira zvikuru kubva pauduku hwangu, Israeri ngaati,

A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

2 “Vakandidzvinyirira zvikuru kubva pauduku hwangu, asi havana kundikunda.

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 Varimi vakarima musana wangu vakaita miforo yavo mirefu.”

The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

4 Asi Jehovha akarurama, akandisunungura pamabote avakaipa.

The LORD [is] righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

5 Vose vanovenga Zioni ngavadzorerwe shure nenyadzi.

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

6 Ngavaite souswa pamusoro pedenga remba, hunooma husati hwakura;

Let them be as the grass [upon] the house-tops, which withereth before it groweth up:

7 mukohwi haangazadzi maoko ake nahwo, uye anounganidza haangazadzi maoko ake.

With which the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom.

8 Vanopfuura nepo ngavarege kuti, “Maropafadzo aJehovha ngaave pamusoro pako; tinokuropafadza muzita raJehovha.”

Neither do they who go by, say, The blessing of the LORD [be] upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.