Salmos 129

1 Cántico gradual. Mucho me han combatido desde mi mocedad, exclame ahora Israel;

Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,

2 mucho me combatieron desde mi mocedad, mas no concluyeron conmigo.

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

3 Sobre mis espaldas araron los aradores; abrieron largos surcos;

The plowers plowed upon my back. They made long their furrows.

4 mas Yahvé, el Justo, ha cortado las coyundas de los impíos.

Jehovah is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

5 Retrocedan confundidos cuantos odian a Sión.

Let them be put to shame and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.

6 Sean como la hierba de los tejados, que se seca antes de crecer.

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

7 No llena de ella su mano el segador, ni su regazo el que hace gavillas.

with which the reaper fills not his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

8 No dicen los transeúntes: “La bendición de Yahvé sea sobre vosotros.” “Os bendecimos en el Nombre de Yahvé.”

Neither do those who go by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you. We bless you in the name of Jehovah.