المَزامِير 129

١ 1 مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا ضَايَقُونِي فِي حَدَاثَتِي يَقُولُ إِسْرَائِيلُ.

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

٢ 2 مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا ضَايَقُونِي فِي حَدَاثَتِي، لَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَتَغَلَّبُوا عَلَيَّ.

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

٣ 3 جَرَحُوا ظَهْرِي جُرُوحاً عَمِيقَةً، فَصَارَ كَالأَتْلاَمِ (خُطُوطِ الْمِحْرَاثِ) الطَّوِيلَةِ فِي حَقْلٍ مَحْرُوثٍ.

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

٤ 4 الرَّبُّ عَادِلٌ، كَسَرَ أَغْلاَلَ عُبُودِيَّةِ الأَشْرَارِ.

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

٥ 5 فَلْيَخْزَ وَلْيُدْبِرْ جَمِيعُ مُبْغِضِي صِهْيَوْنَ.

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

٦ 6 لِيَكُونُوا كَالْعُشْبِ النَّابِتِ عَلَى السُّطُوحِ، الَّذِي يَجِفُّ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنْمُوَ،

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

٧ 7 فَلاَ يَمْلأُ الْحَاصِدُ مِنْهُ يَدَهُ، وَلاَ الْحَازِمُ حِضْنَهُ.

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

٨ 8 وَلاَ يَقُولُ عَابِرُو السَّبِيلِ لَهُمْ: «لِتَكُنْ عَلَيْكُمْ بَرَكَةُ الرَّبِّ: نُبَارِكُكُمْ بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ».

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