Mazmur 129

1 Nyanyian ziarah. Israel, katakanlah bagaimana engkau dianiaya musuh sejak masa mudamu.

“A song of the degrees.” Many a time have they assailed me from my youth, so should Israel say;

2 "Aku dianiaya musuh sejak masa mudaku, tetapi mereka tak dapat mengalahkan aku;

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

3 mereka membuat luka-luka dalam di punggungku, seperti pembajak membuat alur-alur panjang di ladang.

Upon my back have ploughmen ploughed; they have drawn long their furrows:

4 Tetapi TUHAN yang adil telah membebaskan aku dari perbudakan."

[Yet] the Lord is righteous; he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

5 Biarlah setiap orang yang membenci Sion dikalahkan dan dipukul mundur.

May all be put to shame and turned backward that hate Zion;

6 Biarlah mereka seperti rumput di atas atap yang menjadi kering sebelum dapat tumbuh;

May they become like the grass of the roofs, which withereth before it is pulled up;

7 tak ada yang menyabitnya, atau mengikatnya dalam berkas.

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor his arm he that bindeth sheaves.

8 Orang-orang yang lewat tak akan berkata, "Semoga engkau diberkati TUHAN, kami memberkati engkau dalam nama TUHAN."

Nor do they who pass by say, The blessing of the Lord be with you: we bless you in the name of the Lord.