Chapter 129
1שִׁיר הַֽמַּעֲלוֹת רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרַי יֹאמַר־נָא יִשְׂרָאֵֽלA song of ascents. Since my youth they have often assailed me, let Israel now declare,Shir hamaalot rabat tzeraruni minuray yomar-na yisrael
2רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרָי גַּם לֹא־יָכְלוּ לִֽיsince my youth they have often assailed me, but they have never overcome me.Rabat tzeraruni minuray gam lo-yachlu li
3עַל־גַּבִּי חָרְשׁוּ חֹרְשִׁים הֶאֱרִיכוּ (למענותם) [לְמַעֲנִיתָֽם]Plowers plowed across my back; they made long furrows.Al-gabi charshu chorshim heerichu (lmnvtm) [lemaanitam]
4יְהֹוָה צַדִּיק קִצֵּץ עֲבוֹת רְשָׁעִֽיםGOD, the righteous one, has snapped the cords of the wicked.Adonai tzadik kitzetz avot reshaim
5יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִסֹּגוּ אָחוֹר כֹּל שֹׂנְאֵי צִיּֽוֹןLet all who hate Zion fall back in disgrace.Yevoshu veyisogu achor kol soney tzion
6יִהְיוּ כַּחֲצִיר גַּגּוֹת שֶׁקַּדְמַת שָׁלַף יָבֵֽשׁLet them be like grass on roofs that fades before it can be pulled up,Yihyu kachatzir gagot shekadmat shalaf yavesh
7שֶׁלֹּא מִלֵּא כַפּוֹ קוֹצֵר וְחִצְנוֹ מְעַמֵּֽרthat affords no handful for the reaper, no armful for the gatherer of sheaves,Shelo mile chapo kotzer vechitzno meamer
8וְלֹא אָמְרוּ הָעֹבְרִים בִּרְכַּֽת־יְהֹוָה אֲלֵיכֶם בֵּרַכְנוּ אֶתְכֶם בְּשֵׁם יְהֹוָֽהno exchange with passersby: “GOD’s blessing be upon you.” “We bless you by GOD’s name.”Velo amru haovrim birkat-Adonai aleychem berachnu etchem beshem yehovah