< Psalms 129 >

1 A Song of Degrees. Many a time have they warred against me from my youth, let Israel now say:
A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
2 Many a time have they warred against me from my youth: and yet they prevailed not against me.
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their iniquity.
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
4 The righteous Lord has cut asunder the necks of sinners.
The LORD [is] righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
5 Let all that hate Sion be put to shame and turned back.
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
6 Let them be as the grass of the house-tops, which withers before it is plucked up.
Let them be as the grass [upon] the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
7 Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom.
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
8 Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.
Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD [be] upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.

< Psalms 129 >