Salmos 129

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

A Song of Degrees. Many a time have they warred against me from my youth, let Israel now say:

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

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

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

The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their iniquity.

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

The righteous Lord has cut asunder the necks of sinners.

5 Retrocedan confundidos cuantos odian a Sión.

Let all that hate Sion be put to shame and turned back.

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

Let them be as the grass of the housetops, which withers before it is plucked up.

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

Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom.

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

Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.