Psaumes 129

¹ Since my youth they have often attacked me —
let Israel say —

² Since my youth they have often attacked me,
but they have not prevailed against me.

³ Plowmen plowed over my back;
they made their furrows long.

⁴ The Lord is righteous;
he has cut the ropes of the wicked.

⁵ Let all who hate Zion
be driven back in disgrace.

⁶ Let them be like grass on the rooftops,
which withers before it grows up

⁷ and can’t even fill the hands of the reaper
or the arms of the one who binds sheaves.

⁸ Then none who pass by will say,
“May the Lord’s blessing be on you.
We bless you in the name of the Lord.”