المَزامِير 129

١ 1 تَرْنِيمَةُ الْمَصَاعِدِ مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا ضَايَقُونِي فِي حَدَاثَتِي يَقُولُ إِسْرَائِيلُ.

A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth — oh let Israel 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 كَالأَتْلامِ (خُطُوطِ الْمِحْرَاثِ) الطَّوِيلَةِ فِي حَقْلٍ مَحْرُوثٍ.

The ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows.

٤ 4 الرَّبُّ عَادِلٌ، كَسَرَ أَغْلالَ عُبُودِيَّةِ الأَشْرَارِ.

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

٥ 5 فَلْيَخْزَ وَلْيُدْبِرْ جَمِيعُ مُبْغِضِي صِهْيَوْنَ.

Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all that hate Zion;

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

Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,

٧ 7 فَلَا يَمْلأُ الْحَاصِدُ مِنْهُ يَدَهُ، وَلَا الْحَازِمُ حِضْنَهُ.

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

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

Neither do the passers-by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; we bless you in the name of Jehovah!