A Song of degrees.
1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
4 The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
Ps 124Ps 122:6-9. La 3:59-66.
1 Cantique des degrés.
Ils m’ont assez opprimé dès ma jeunesse,
Qu’Israël le dise!
2 Ils m’ont assez opprimé dès ma jeunesse,
Mais ils ne m’ont pas vaincu.
3 Des laboureurs ont labouré mon dos,
Ils y ont tracé de longs sillons.
4 L’Éternel est juste:
Il a coupé les cordes des méchants.
5 Qu’ils soient confondus et qu’ils reculent,
Tous ceux qui haïssent Sion!
6 Qu’ils soient comme l’herbe des toits,
Qui sèche avant qu’on l’arrache!
7 Le moissonneur n’en remplit point sa main,
Celui qui lie les gerbes n’en charge point son bras,
8 Et les passants ne disent point:
Que la bénédiction de l’Éternel soit sur vous!
Nous vous bénissons au nom de l’Éternel!
