1 An exhortation to praise God for saving Israel in their great afflictions. 5 The haters of the Church are cursed.
שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרַי יֹאמַר־נָא יִשְׂרָאֵל
129:1 shiyr haMaálôt raBat tz'rärûniy miN'ûray yomar-nä yis'räël
129:1 ¶ [[A Song 7892 of degrees.]] 4609 Many a time 7227 have they afflicted 6887 z8804 me from my youth, 5271 x4480 may Yiŝrä´ël יִשׂרָאֵל 3478 now x4994 say: 559 z8799
רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרָי גַּם לֹא־יָכְלוּ לִי
129:2 raBat tz'rärûniy miN'ûräy Gam lo-yäkh'lû liy
129:2 Many a time 7227 have they afflicted 6887 z8804 me from my youth: 5271 x4480 yet x1571 they have not x3808 prevailed 3201 z8804 against me.
עַל־גַּבִּי חָרְשׁוּ חֹרְשִׁים הֶאֱרִיכוּ *לְמַעֲנוֹתָם [לְמַעֲנִיתָם]
129:3 al-GaBiy chär'shû chor'shiym heériykhû *l'maánôtäm [l'maániytäm]
129:3 The plowers 2790 z8802 plowed 2790 z8804 upon x5921 my back: 1354 they made long 748 z8689 their furrows. 4618 z8675
יְהוָה צַדִּיק קִצֵּץ עֲבוֹת רְשָׁעִים
129:4 y'hwäh tzaDiyq qiTZëtz ávôt r'shäiym
129:4 Yähwè יָהוֶה 3068 [is] righteous: 6662 he hath cut asunder 7112 z8765 the cords 5688 of the wicked. 7563
יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִסֹּגוּ אָחוֹר כֹּל שֹׂנְאֵי צִיּוֹן
129:5 yëvoshû w'yiŠogû ächôr Kol son'ëy tziYôn
129:5 Let them all x3605 be confounded 954 z8799 and turned 5472 z8735 back 268 that hate 8130 z8802 Xiyyôn צִיּוֹן. 6726
יִהְיוּ כַּחֲצִיר גַּגּוֹת שֶׁקַּדְמַת שָׁלַף יָבֵשׁ
129:6 yih'yû Kachátziyr GaGôt sheQad'mat shälaf yävësh
129:6 Let them be x1961 as the grass 2682 [upon] the housetops, 1406 which withereth 3001 z8804 afore 6927 x7945 it groweth up: 8025 z8804
שֶׁלֹּא מִלֵּא כַפּוֹ קוֹצֵר וְחִצְנוֹ מְעַמֵּר
129:7 sheLo miLë khaPô qôtzër w'chitz'nô m'aMër
129:7 Wherewith the mower 7114 z8802 filleth 4390 z8765 not x7945 x3808 his hand; 3709 nor he that bindeth x6014 sheaves y6014 z8764 his bosom. 2683
וְלֹא אָמְרוּ הָעֹבְרִים בִּרְכַּת־יְהוָה אֲלֵיכֶם בֵּרַכְנוּ אֶתְכֶם בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה
129:8 w'lo äm'rû häov'riym Bir'Kat-y'hwäh álëykhem Bërakh'nû et'khem B'shëm y'hwäh
129:8 Neither x3808 do they which go by 5674 z8802 say, 559 z8804 The blessing 1293 of Yähwè יָהוֶה 3068 [be] upon x413 you: we bless 1288 z8765 you in the name 8034 of Yähwè יָהוֶה. 3068
