תהילים 129

1 שיר המעלות רבת צררוני מנעורי-- יאמר-נא ישראל

[A Song of Ascents.] Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,

2 רבת צררוני מנעורי גם לא-יכלו לי

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

3 על-גבי חרשו חרשים האריכו למענותם (למעניתם)

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

4 יהוה צדיק קצץ עבות רשעים

The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

5 יבשו ויסגו אחור-- כל שנאי ציון

Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.

6 יהיו כחציר גגות-- שקדמת שלף יבש

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

7 שלא מלא כפו קוצר וחצנו מעמר

with which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

8 ולא אמרו העברים-- ברכת-יהוה אליכם ברכנו אתכם בשם יהוה

Neither do those who go by say, "The blessing of the LORD be on you. We bless you in the name of the LORD."