Psalms 129

שִׁ֗יר הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת רַ֭בַּת צְרָר֣וּנִי מִנְּעוּרַ֑י יֹֽאמַר־נָ֝א יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

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

A Song of degrees.

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

רַ֭בַּת צְרָר֣וּנִי מִנְּעוּרָ֑י גַּ֝ם לֹא־יָ֥כְלוּ לִֽי׃

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

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

עַל־גַּ֭בִּי חָרְשׁ֣וּ חֹרְשִׁ֑ים הֶ֝אֱרִ֗יכוּ (למענותם) [לְמַעֲנִיתָֽם] ׃

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

The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

יְהוָ֥ה צַדִּ֑יק קִ֝צֵּ֗ץ עֲב֣וֹת רְשָׁעִֽים׃

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

The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

יֵ֭בֹשׁוּ וְיִסֹּ֣גוּ אָח֑וֹר כֹּ֝֗ל שֹׂנְאֵ֥י צִיּֽוֹן׃

May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

יִ֭הְיוּ כַּחֲצִ֣יר גַּגּ֑וֹת שֶׁקַּדְמַ֖ת שָׁלַ֣ף יָבֵֽשׁ׃

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

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

שֶׁלֹּ֤א מִלֵּ֖א כַפּ֥וֹ קוֹצֵ֗ר וְחִצְנ֥וֹ מְעַמֵּֽר׃

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

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

וְלֹ֤א אָֽמְר֨וּ ׀ הָעֹבְרִ֗ים בִּרְכַּֽת־יְהוָ֥ה אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם בֵּרַ֥כְנוּ אֶ֝תְכֶ֗ם בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָֽה׃

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.”

Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.