Psalmorum 129

1 Canticum graduum. Sæpe expugnaverunt me a iuventute mea, dicat nunc Israel.

A Song of Degrees. Many a time have they warred against me from my youth, let Israel now say:

2 Sæpe expugnaverunt me a iuventute mea: etenim non potuerunt mihi.

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

3 Supra dorsum meum fabricaverunt peccatores: prolongaverunt iniquitatem suam.

The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their iniquity.

4 Dominus iustus concidit cervices peccatorum:

The righteous Lord has cut asunder the necks of sinners.

5 confundantur et convertantur retrorsum omnes, qui oderunt Sion.

Let all that hate Sion be put to shame and turned back.

6 Fiant sicut fœnum tectorum: quod priusquam evellatur, exaruit:

Let them be as the grass of the housetops, which withers before it is plucked up.

7 De quo non implevit manum suam qui metit, et sinum suum qui manipulos colligit.

Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom.

8 Et non dixerunt qui præteribant: Benedictio Domini super vos: benediximus vobis in nomine Domini.

Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.