Psalmen 129

1Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.

2Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me.

3The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity.

4The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners:

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

6Let them be as grass on the tops of houses: which withered before it be plucked up:

7Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.

8And they that have passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.

1Canticum graduum. [Sæpe expugnaverunt me a juventute mea, dicat nunc Israël;

2sæpe expugnaverunt me a juventute mea: etenim non potuerunt mihi.

3Supra dorsum meum fabricaverunt peccatores; prolongaverunt iniquitatem suam.

4Dominus justus concidit cervices peccatorum.

5Confundantur, et convertantur retrorsum omnes qui oderunt Sion.

6Fiant sicut fœnum tectorum, quod priusquam evellatur exaruit:

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

8Et non dixerunt qui præteribant: Benedictio Domini super vos. Benediximus vobis in nomine Domini.]

1A Canticle in steps. They have often fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say:

2they have often fought against me from my youth, yet they could not prevail over me.

3The sinners have made fabrications behind my back. They have prolonged their iniquity.

4The just Lord will cut the necks of sinners.

5Let all those who hate Zion be confounded and turned backwards.

6Let them be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can be pulled up:

7with it, he who reaps does not fill his hand and he who gathers sheaves does not fill his bosom.

8And those who were passing by have not said to them: “The blessing of the Lord be upon you. We have blessed you in the name of the Lord.”