Mazmur 129

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7 tak ada yang menyabitnya, atau mengikatnya dalam berkas.

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

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

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