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 times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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