Ps 129

AA Song of Ascents. Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say: (LXX 128:1; Rahlfs 128:1) שִׁ֗יר הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת רַ֭בַּת צְרָר֣וּנִי מִנְּעוּרַ֑י יֹֽאמַר־נָ֝א יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ 2many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me. (LXX 128:2; Rahlfs 128:2) רַ֭בַּת צְרָר֣וּנִי מִנְּעוּרָ֑י גַּ֝ם לֹא־יָ֥כְלוּ לִֽי׃ 3The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long. (LXX 128:3; Rahlfs 128:3) עַל־גַּ֭בִּי חָרְשׁ֣וּ חֹרְשִׁ֑ים הֶ֝אֱרִ֗יכוּ למענותם׃ 4Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked. (LXX 128:4; Rahlfs 128:4) יְהוָ֥ה צַדִּ֑יק קִ֝צֵּ֗ץ עֲב֣וֹת רְשָׁעִֽים׃ 5Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion. (LXX 128:5; Rahlfs 128:5) יֵ֭בֹשׁוּ וְיִסֹּ֣גוּ אָח֑וֹר כֹּ֝֗ל שֹׂנְאֵ֥י צִיּֽוֹן׃ 6Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up, (LXX 128:6; Rahlfs 128:6) יִ֭הְיוּ כַּחֲצִ֣יר גַּגּ֑וֹת שֶׁקַּדְמַ֖ת שָׁלַ֣ף יָבֵֽשׁ׃ 7with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom. (LXX 128:7; Rahlfs 128:7) שֶׁלֹּ֤א מִלֵּ֖א כַפּ֥וֹ קוֹצֵ֗ר וְחִצְנ֥וֹ מְעַמֵּֽר׃ 8Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of Yahweh be on you. We bless you in Yahweh’s name.” (LXX 128:8; Rahlfs 128:8) וְלֹ֤א אָֽמְר֨וּ ׀ הָעֹבְרִ֗ים בִּרְכַּֽת־יְהוָ֥ה אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם בֵּרַ֥כְנוּ אֶ֝תְכֶ֗ם בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָֽה׃