Psalmi 129

1 Pogosto so me prizadeli od moje mladosti, naj sedaj reče Izrael,

A Song of Ascents. Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say:

2 pogosto so me prizadeli od moje mladosti, vendar niso prevladali zoper mene.

many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 Orači so orali na mojem hrbtu; svoje brazde so naredili dolge.

The ploughers ploughed on my back. They made their furrows long.

4 Gospod je pravičen; razsekal je vrvi zlobnih.

The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

5 Naj bodo zbegani in obrnjeni nazaj vsi, ki sovražijo Sion.

Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.

6 Naj bodo kakor trava na hišnih strehah, ki ovene preden zraste,

Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,

7 s čimer kosec ne napolni svoje roke niti kdor veže snope svojega naročja.

with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

8 [Naj] niti tisti, ki gredo mimo, ne rečejo: »Nad vami naj bo Gospodov blagoslov. Blagoslavljamo vas v Gospodovem imenu.«

Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of the LORD be on you. We bless you in the LORD’s name.”