1 A Song of the going up. Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say);

2 Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young, but my troubles have not overcome me.

3 The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made.

4 The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.

5 Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back.

6 Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.

7 He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.

8 And those who go by do not say, The blessing of the Lord be on you; we give you blessing in the name of the Lord.

1 Grádicsok éneke.

2 Sokat szorongattak engem ifjúságom óta, még sem bírtak velem.

3 Szántók szántottak hátamon, hosszúra nyujtották barázdáikat.

4 Igaz az Úr! Elszaggatja a gonoszok kötelét.

5 Megszégyenülnek és hátraszorulnak mindazok, a kik gyûlölik a Siont.

6 Olyanok lesznek, mint a háztetõn a fû, a mely kiszárad, mielõtt letépnék.

7 A melyet sem arató nem szed markába, sem kévekötõ az ölébe.

8 Az átutazók se mondják: Az Úr áldása rátok! Áldunk benneteket az Úrnak nevében!