المَزامِير 129

١ 1 مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا ضَايَقُونِي فِي حَدَاثَتِي يَقُولُ إِسْرَائِيلُ.

Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel [God prevails] now say,

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

many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

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

The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.

٤ 4 الرَّبُّ عَادِلٌ، كَسَرَ أَغْلاَلَ عُبُودِيَّةِ الأَشْرَارِ.

Adonai is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

٥ 5 فَلْيَخْزَ وَلْيُدْبِرْ جَمِيعُ مُبْغِضِي صِهْيَوْنَ.

Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking].

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

Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up;

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

with which the reaper does not fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

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

Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of Adonai be on you. We bless you in Adonai’s name.”