🔊 Audio of Psalm 129
Psalm 129
Hebrew text, Sephardic transliteration, and English translation for reading, study, and prayer.
| # | Hebrew | Sephardic Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרַי יֹאמַר־נָא יִשְׂרָאֵל | Shír ha-ma-a-lót. Ra-bát tze-ra-rú-ni mi-ne-u-rái; yo-mar na Yis-ra-él. | A Song of Ascents. ‘Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth’ — let Israel now say — |
| 2 | רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרָי גַּם לֹא־יָכְלוּ לִי | Ra-bát tze-ra-rú-ni mi-ne-u-rái; gam lo ya-khe-lú lí. | ‘Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me. |
| 3 | עַל־גַּבִּי חָרְשׁוּ חֹרְשִׁים הֶאֱרִיכוּ למענותםלמענותםלְמַעֲנִיתָם | Al ga-bí kha-re-shú kho-re-shím; he-e-rí-khu le-ma-a-ni-tám. | The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.’ |
| 4 | יְהוָה צַדִּיק קִצֵּץ עֲבוֹת רְשָׁעִים | Ado-nái tza-dík; ki-tzétz a-vót re-sha-ím. | The LORD is righteous; He has cut the cords of the wicked. |
| 5 | יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִסֹּגוּ אָחוֹר כֹּל שֹׂנְאֵי צִיּוֹן | Ye-vo-shú ve-yi-sogú a-khór; kál son-éi Tzi-yón. | May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward! |
| 6 | יִהְיוּ כַּחֲצִיר גַּגּוֹת שֶׁקַּדְמַת שָׁלַף יָבֵשׁ | Yih-yú ki-kha-tzir gag-gót; she-kid-mát sha-láf ya-vésh. | Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up. |
| 7 | שֶׁלֹּא מִלֵּא כַפּוֹ קוֹצֵר וְחִצְנוֹ מְעַמֵּר | She-lo mil-lé kha-p-pó ko-tzér; ve-khetz-nó me-a-mér. | With which the reaper does not fill his hand nor the binder of sheaves his arms. |
| 8 | וְלֹא אָמְרוּ הָעֹבְרִים בִּרְכַּת־יְהוָה אֲלֵיכֶם בֵּרַכְנוּ אֶתְכֶם בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה | Ve-lo a-me-rú ha-o-ve-rím; bir-kaát Ado-nái a-le-khém; be-rákh-nu et-khém be-shém Ado-nái. | While those who pass by do not say, ‘The blessing of the LORD be upon you! We bless you in the name of the LORD!’ |