Psalm 128

1 ᾨδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν. ΠΛΕΟΝΑΚΙΣ ἐπολέμησάν με ἐκ νεότητός μου, εἰπάτω δὴ Ἰσραήλ·

1 A Song of Degrees. Many a time have they warred against me from my youth, let Israel now say:

2 πλεονάκις ἐπολέμησάν με ἐκ νεότητός μου, καὶ γὰρ οὐκ ἠδυνήθησάν μοι.

2 Many a time have they warred against me from my youth: and yet they prevailed not against me.

3 ἐπὶ τὸν νῶτόν μου ἐτέκταινον οἱ ἁμαρτωλοί, ἐμάκρυναν τὴν ἀνομίαν αὐτῶν.

3 The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their iniquity.

4 Κύριος δίκαιος συνέκοψεν αὐχένας ἁμαρτωλῶν.

4 The righteous Lord has cut asunder the necks of sinners.

5 αἰσχυνθήτωσαν καὶ ἀποστραφήτωσαν εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω πάντες οἱ μισοῦντες Σιών.

5 Let all that hate Sion be put to shame and turned back.

6 γενηθήτωσαν ὡσεὶ χόρτος δωμάτων, ὃς πρὸ τοῦ ἐκσπασθῆναι ἐξηράνθη·

6 Let them be as the grass of the housetops, which withers before it is plucked up.

7 οὗ οὐκ ἐπλήρωσε τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ὁ θερίζων καὶ τὸν κόλπον αὐτοῦ ὁ τὰ δράγματα συλλέγων,

7 Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom.

8 καὶ οὐκ εἶπαν οἱ παράγοντες· εὐλογία Κυρίου ἐφ᾿ ὑμᾶς, εὐλογήκαμεν ὑμᾶς ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου.

8 Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.