Psalms 129

A Song of Ascents.

1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say: ✦

2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me. ✦

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

4 The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked. ✦

5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion. ✦

6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up, ✦

7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom. ✦

8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of Yahweh be on you. We bless you in Yahweh’s name.” ✦