Psalms 129

1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.

Beteke niforeforèñe sikal’amy te zaho niajalahy, f’ie tsy nahagioke ahy.

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

Nitrabahe’ o mpitrabakeo ty sakamamovoko, nanoe’ iareo lava o vavahalioo.

4 The LORD is righteous: he has cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

Vantañe t’Iehovà; navitso’e ty namahora’ o lo-tserekeo ahy.

5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

Hampolieñe an-kasalarañe ze malaiñe i Tsiône.

6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up:

Ie hampanahafeñe ami’ty ahetse an-tafo traño eo, hiheatse aolo’ ty hibeiza’e,

7 Wherewith the mower fills not his hand; nor he that binds sheaves his bosom.

toe tsy hahaeneñe ty fità’ i mpanatakey, ndra ty araña’ i mpifehe’ o fehe’eo.

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

Vaho tsy anoe’ o mpandrioñeo ty hoe: Ho ama’ areo ty fañanintsi’ Iehovà! Itatà’ay ami’ty tahina’ Iehovà!