المَزامِير 129

١ 1 مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا ضَايَقُونِي فِي حَدَاثَتِي يَقُولُ إِسْرَائِيلُ.

A song of ascents. “Often since my youth they have attacked me,” let Israel say.

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

“Often since my youth they have attacked me, yet they have not defeated 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.

Yahweh is righteous; he has cut the ropes of the wicked.”

٥ 5 فَلْيَخْزَ وَلْيُدْبِرْ جَمِيعُ مُبْغِضِي صِهْيَوْنَ.

May they all be put to shame and turned back, those who hate Zion.

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

May they be like the grass on the housetops that withers before it grows up,

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

that cannot fill the reaper's hand or the chest of the one who binds bundles of grain together.

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

May those who pass by not say, “May the blessing of Yahweh be on you; we bless you in the name of Yahweh.”