Psalmus 128 (129)
Psalm 128 (129)
Populi afflicti renovata fiducia
Renewed confidence of the people in times of trial
Ecclesia loquitur de iis quæ tolerat (S. Augustinus).
The Church speaks of what it undergoes (S. Augustine).
Sæpe expugnavérunt me a iuventúte mea, * dicat nunc Israel,
Often have they fought against me from my youth: * let Israel now say.
sæpe expugnavérunt me a iuventúte mea, * étenim non potuérunt advérsum me.
Often have they fought against me from my youth: * but they could not prevail over me.
Supra dorsum meum aravérunt aratóres, * prolongavérunt sulcos suos.
The wicked have wrought upon my back: * they have lengthened their iniquity.
Dóminus autem iustus * concídit cervíces peccatórum.
The Lord who is just, * will cut the necks of sinners.
Confundántur et convertántur retrórsum * omnes, qui odérunt Sion.
Let them all be confounded and turned back * that hate Sion.
Fiant sicut fenum tectórum, * quod, priúsquam evellátur, exáruit;
Let them be as grass upon the tops of houses: * which withereth before it be plucked up.
de quo non implévit manum suam, qui metit, * et sinum suum, qui manípulos cólligit.
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand: * nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.
Et non dixérunt, qui præteríbant: † « Benedíctio Dómini super vos, * benedícimus vobis in nómine Dómini ».
And they that passed by have not said: † The blessing of the Lord be upon you: * we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.
