Psalmorum 129

1 canticum graduum saepe expugnaverunt me a iuventute mea dicat nunc Israhel

A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare—

2 saepe expugnaverunt me a iuventute mea etenim non potuerunt mihi

many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.

3 supra dorsum meum fabricabantur peccatores prolongaverunt iniquitatem suam

The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.

4 Dominus iustus concidet cervices peccatorum

The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.

5 confundantur et convertantur retrorsum omnes qui oderunt Sion

May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

6 fiant sicut faenum tectorum quod priusquam evellatur exaruit

May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,

7 de quo non implevit manum suam qui metit et sinum suum qui manipulos colligit

unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.

8 et non dixerunt qui praeteribant benedictio Domini super vos benediximus vobis in nomine Domini

May none who pass by say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.”