Psalms 129

1 A Song of Ascents. 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up', let Israel now say;

Pogosto so me prizadeli od moje mladosti, naj sedaj reče Izrael,

2 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up; but they have not prevailed against me.

pogosto so me prizadeli od moje mladosti, vendar niso prevladali zoper mene.

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

Orači so orali na mojem hrbtu; svoje brazde so naredili dolge.

4 The LORD is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.'

Gospod je pravičen; razsekal je vrvi zlobnih.

5 Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all they that hate Zion.

Naj bodo zbegani in obrnjeni nazaj vsi, ki sovražijo Sion.

6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it springeth up;

Naj bodo kakor trava na hišnih strehah, ki ovene preden zraste,

7 Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

s čimer kosec ne napolni svoje roke niti kdor veže snope svojega naročja.

8 Neither do they that go by say: 'The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.'

[Naj] niti tisti, ki gredo mimo, ne rečejo: »Nad vami naj bo Gospodov blagoslov. Blagoslavljamo vas v Gospodovem imenu.«