A Song of Ascents.

1 Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up.

Let Israel now say:

2 many times they have afflicted me from my youth up,

yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 The plowers plowed on my back.

They made their furrows long.

4 Yahweh is righteous.

He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

5 Let them be disappointed and turned backward,

all those who hate Zion.

6 Let them be as the grass on the housetops,

which withers before it grows up,

7 with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand,

nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

8 Neither do those who go by say,

"The blessing of Yahweh be on you.

We bless you in Yahweh’s name."

1 Gravemente me angustiaram desde a minha mocidade, diga agora Israel;

2 gravemente me angustiaram desde a minha mocidade, todavia não prevaleceram contra mim.

3 Os lavradores araram sobre as minhas costas; compridos fizeram os seus sulcos.

4 O Senhor é justo; ele corta as cordas dos ímpios.

5 Sejam envergonhados e repelidos para trás todos os que odeiam a Sião.

6 Sejam como a erva dos telhados, que seca antes de florescer;

7 com a qual o segador não enche a mão, nem o regaço o que ata os feixes;

8 nem dizem os que passam: A bênção do Senhor seja sobre vós; nós vos abençoamos em nome do Senhor.