Psalms 129

1 A Song of Ascents. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,

A Song of Ascents. 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 up: 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 Jehovah 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 be put to shame and turned backward, All they 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 before it groweth up;

Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,

7 Wherewith the reaper 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 that go by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; We bless you in the name of Jehovah.

Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of Yahweh be on you. We bless you in Yahweh’s name.”