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,
2רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרָי גַּם לֹא־יָכְלוּ לִֽיsince my youth they have often assailed me, but they have never overcome me.
3עַל־גַּבִּי חָרְשׁוּ חֹרְשִׁים הֶאֱרִיכוּ (למענותם) [לְמַעֲנִיתָֽם]Plowers plowed across my back; they made long furrows.
4יְהֹוָה צַדִּיק קִצֵּץ עֲבוֹת רְשָׁעִֽיםGOD, the righteous one, has snapped the cords of the wicked.
5יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִסֹּגוּ אָחוֹר כֹּל שֹׂנְאֵי צִיּֽוֹןLet all who hate Zion fall back in disgrace.
6יִהְיוּ כַּחֲצִיר גַּגּוֹת שֶׁקַּדְמַת שָׁלַף יָבֵֽשׁLet them be like grass on roofs that fades before it can be pulled up,
7שֶׁלֹּא מִלֵּא כַפּוֹ קוֹצֵר וְחִצְנוֹ מְעַמֵּֽרthat affords no handful for the reaper, no armful for the gatherer of sheaves,
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.”