Psalms 129

1 Orin fún ìgòkè. “Ìgbà púpọ̀ ni wọ́n ti pọ́n mi lójú láti ìgbà èwe mi wá,” jẹ́ kí Israẹli kí ó wí nísinsin yìí;

A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare—

2 “Ìgbà púpọ̀ ni wọ́n ti pọ́n mi lójú láti ìgbà èwe mi wá; síbẹ̀ wọn kò tí ì borí mi.

many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.

3 Àwọn awalẹ̀ walẹ̀ sí ẹ̀yìn mi: wọ́n sì la aporo wọn gígùn.

The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.

4 Olódodo ni Olúwa: ó ti ké okùn àwọn ènìyàn búburú kúrò.”

The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.

5 Kí gbogbo àwọn tí ó kórìíra Sioni kí ó dààmú, kí wọn kí ó sì yí ẹ̀yìn padà.

May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

6 Kí wọn kí ó dàbí koríko orí ilẹ̀ tí ó gbẹ dànù kí ó tó dàgbàsókè,

May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,

7 èyí tí olóko pípa kó kún ọwọ́ rẹ̀: bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ẹni tí ń di ìtí, kó kún apá rẹ̀.

unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.

8 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwọn tí ń kọjá lọ kò wí pé, ìbùkún Olúwa kí ó pẹ̀lú yín: àwa ń súre fún yin ní orúkọ Olúwa.

May none who pass by say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.”