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. ‘Sore have they vexed me from youth’ thus let Israel say

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

‘Sore have they vexed me from youth, but they have not prevailed against me.

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

‘The ploughers ploughed on my back, they made their furrows long.

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

But the Lord, who is righteous, has cut 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 all who are haters of Zion be put to shame and defeated.

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

May they be as the grass on the house-top, which withers before it shoots up;

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

which fills not the arms of the reaper, nor the lap 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.

whereof no one says as they pass, ‘The blessing of God be upon you.’ In the name of the Lord we bless you.