Psalms 129

¹ A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare—

רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרַי יֹֽאמַר־נָא יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

² many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.

רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרָי גַּם לֹא־יָכְלוּ לִֽי׃

³ The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.

עַל־גַּבִּי חָרְשׁוּ חֹרְשִׁים הֶאֱרִיכוּ לְמַעֲנִיתָֽם׃

⁴ The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.

יְהוָה צַדִּיק קִצֵּץ עֲבוֹת רְשָׁעִֽים׃

⁵ May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִסֹּגוּ אָחוֹר כֹּל שֹׂנְאֵי צִיּֽוֹן׃

⁶ May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,

יִהְיוּ כַּחֲצִיר גַּגּוֹת שֶׁקַּדְמַת שָׁלַף יָבֵֽשׁ׃

⁷ unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.

שֶׁלֹּא מִלֵּא כַפּוֹ קוֹצֵר וְחִצְנוֹ מְעַמֵּֽר׃

⁸ 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.”

וְלֹא אָֽמְרוּ הָעֹבְרִים בִּרְכַּֽת־יְהוָה אֲלֵיכֶם בֵּרַכְנוּ אֶתְכֶם בְּשֵׁם יְהוָֽה׃