Psalms 129 תְּהִלִּים
Hebrew · transliteration · JPS 1917
1שִׁ֗יר הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת רַ֭בַּת צְרָר֣וּנִי מִנְּעוּרַ֑י יֹֽאמַר־נָ֝א יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
shir hamma'alot rabbat tzeraruni minne'uray yomar-na yisra'el
A Song of Ascents. 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up', Let Israel now say;
2רַ֭בַּת צְרָר֣וּנִי מִנְּעוּרָ֑י גַּ֝ם לֹא־יָ֥כְלוּ לִֽי׃
rabbat tzeraruni minne'uray gam lo-yakhlu li
'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up; But they have not prevailed against me.
3עַל־גַּ֭בִּי חָרְשׁ֣וּ חֹרְשִׁ֑ים הֶ֝אֱרִ֗יכוּ למענותם [לְמַעֲנִיתָֽם]׃
al-gabbi charshu chorshim he'erikhu lema'anitam
The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.
4יְהוָ֥ה צַדִּ֑יק קִ֝צֵּ֗ץ עֲב֣וֹת רְשָׁעִֽים׃
ADONAI tzaddik kitzetz avot resha'im
The LORD is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.'
5יֵ֭בֹשׁוּ וְיִסֹּ֣גוּ אָח֑וֹר כֹּ֝֗ל שֹׂנְאֵ֥י צִיּֽוֹן׃
yevoshu veyissogu achor kol son'e tziyyon
Let them be ashamed and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.
6יִ֭הְיוּ כַּחֲצִ֣יר גַּגּ֑וֹת שֶׁקַּדְמַ֖ת שָׁלַ֣ף יָבֵֽשׁ׃
yihyu kachatzir gaggot shekkadmat shalaf yavesh
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth afore it springeth up;
7שֶׁלֹּ֤א מִלֵּ֖א כַפּ֥וֹ קוֹצֵ֗ר וְחִצְנ֥וֹ מְעַמֵּֽר׃
shello mille khappo kotzer vechitzno me'ammer
Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
8וְלֹ֤א אָֽמְר֨וּ ׀ הָעֹבְרִ֗ים בִּרְכַּֽת־יְהוָ֥ה אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם בֵּרַ֥כְנוּ אֶ֝תְכֶ֗ם בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָֽה׃
velo amru ha'ovrim birkat-ADONAI alekhem berakhnu etkhem beshem ADONAI
Neither do they that go by say: ‘The blessing of the LORD be upon you; We bless you in the name of the LORD.'
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Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (ketiv shown with the qere in brackets). JPS 1917 and the Hebrew use Hebrew verse numbers; the English column uses English numbering, which sometimes differs by a verse.