< 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.”
The LORD 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 the LORD be on you. We bless you in the name of the LORD."