المَزامِير 129

١ 1 مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا ضَايَقُونِي فِي حَدَاثَتِي يَقُولُ إِسْرَائِيلُ.

[I say that] my enemies have (afflicted/caused trouble for) me ever since I was young. [Now I ask you, my fellow] Israelis, to repeat those same words:

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

“Our enemies have afflicted us since our nation began, but they have not defeated us!

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

[Our enemies struck us with whips] that cut into our backs [MET] like a [farmer uses a] plow to cut deep furrows into the ground.”

٤ 4 الرَّبُّ عَادِلٌ، كَسَرَ أَغْلاَلَ عُبُودِيَّةِ الأَشْرَارِ.

[But] Yahweh is righteous, and he has freed [me] from being a slave [MTY] of wicked [people].

٥ 5 فَلْيَخْزَ وَلْيُدْبِرْ جَمِيعُ مُبْغِضِي صِهْيَوْنَ.

I wish/hope that all those who hate Jerusalem/Israel will be ashamed because of being defeated.

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

I hope/wish that they will be [of no value], like grass that grows on the roofs of houses that dries up and does not grow tall;

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

[as a result] no one [cuts it and] puts it in bundles and carries it away.

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

People who pass by [and see men harvesting grain usually greet them by saying to them], “We wish/hope that Yahweh will bless you!” But this will not happen [to those who hate Israel]. We, acting as Yahweh’s representatives, bless you [Israelis.]