Franz Sales
(c.1540 - 1599)

Sæpe expugnaverunt me
(S.S.A.T.T.B.)
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From Sacrarum cantionum, book 1, Prague, 1593.
Lyrics: Psalm 129

Sæpe expugnaverunt me a juventute mea: dicat nunc Israël;
sæpe expugnaverunt me a juventute mea: etenim non potuerunt mihi.
Supra dorsum meum fabricaverunt peccatores: prolongaverunt iniquitatem suam.
Dominus justus: concidit cervices peccatorum.
Confundantur et convertantur retrorsum: omnes qui oderunt Syon.
Fiant sicut fœnum tectorum: quod priusquam evellatur exaruit;
De quo non implevit manum suam qui metit: et sinum suum qui manipulos colligit.
Et non dixerunt qui præteribant: Benedictio Domini super vos. Benediximus vobis in nomine Domini.

Many a time have they fought against me from my youth up: may Israel now say.
Yea, many a time have they vexed me from my youth up: but they have not prevailed against me.
The plowers plowed upon my back: and made long furrows.
But the righteous Lord: hath hewn the snares of the ungodly in pieces.
Let them be confounded and turned backward: as many as have evil will at Syon.
Let them be even as the grass growing upon the house-tops: which withereth afore it be plucked up;
Whereof the mower filleth not his hand: neither he that bindeth up the sheaves his bosom.
So that they who go by say not so much as: The Lord prosper you. We wish you good luck in the Name of the Lord.