Psalms 128

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¹ A Canticle in steps. They have often fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say:	¹ Cantique des montées. Heureux celui qui craint le Seigneur et qui marche dans ses voies!
² they have often fought against me from my youth, yet they could not prevail over me.	² Car tu mangeras du labeur de tes mains, ce sera ton bonheur, ce sera ta richesse.
³ The sinners have made fabrications behind my back. They have prolonged their iniquity.	³ Ton épouse, telle une vigne, donnera ses fruits au-dedans de ta maison; tes fils, comme des plants d’olivier, se serreront autour de ta table.
⁴ The just Lord will cut the necks of sinners.	⁴ C’est ainsi que sera béni l’homme qui craint le Seigneur.
⁵ Let all those who hate Zion be confounded and turned backwards.	⁵ Que le Seigneur, de Sion, te bénisse! Puisses-tu voir tous les jours de ta vie une Jérusalem heureuse!
⁶ Let them be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can be pulled up:	⁶ Puisses-tu voir les fils de tes fils, et la paix sur Israël!
⁷ with it, he who reaps does not fill his hand and he who gathers sheaves does not fill his bosom.
⁸ And those who were passing by have not said to them: “The blessing of the Lord be upon you. We have blessed you in the name of the Lord.”