Psalms 129

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 [Song of Ascents] Often as men have attacked me since I was young -- let Israel repeat it-	1 Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: that walk in his ways.
2 often as men have attacked me since I was young, they have never overcome me.	2 For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee.
3 On my back ploughmen have set to work, making long furrows,	3 Thy wife as a fruitful vine, on the sides of thy house.
4 but Yahweh the upright has shattered the yoke of the wicked.	4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.
5 Let al who hate Zion be thrown back in confusion,	5 May the Lord bless thee out of Sion: and mayest thou see the good things of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
6 let them be like grass on a roof, dried up before it is cut,	6 And mayest thou see thy children's children, peace upon Israel.
7 never to fil the reaper's arm nor the binder's lap.
8 And no passer-by wil say, 'The blessing of Yahweh be on you! 'We bless you in the name ofYahweh.'