Psalm 129

¹A Song of Ascents. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say, ²Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: Yet they have not prevailed against me.

¹A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

²Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.

³The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.

⁴Jehovah is righteous: He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

³The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

⁴The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

⁵Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.

⁶Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up; ⁷Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom:

⁵Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

⁶Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

⁷Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

⁸Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; We bless you in the name of Jehovah.

⁸Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.