Psalms 129

1 A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth—let Israel now declare—

1 以色列當說：從我幼年以來， 敵人屢次苦害我，

2 many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.

2 從我幼年以來，敵人屢次苦害我， 卻沒有勝了我。

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

3 如同扶犂的在我背上扶犂而耕， 耕的犂溝甚長。

4 The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.

4 耶和華是公義的； 他砍斷了惡人的繩索。

5 May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

5 願恨惡錫安的都蒙羞退後！

6 May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,

6 願他們像房頂上的草， 未長成而枯乾，

7 unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.

7 收割的不夠一把， 捆禾的也不滿懷。

8 May none who pass by say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.”

8 過路的也不說： 願耶和華所賜的福歸與你們！ 我們奉耶和華的名給你們祝福！