Psalms 129

1 Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.

A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:

2 Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me.

Often they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me.

3 The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity.

Plowers have plowed over my back, They have made their furrows long.

4 The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners:

YHWH [is] righteous, He has cut apart cords of the wicked.

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

All hating Zion [are] confounded and turn backward.

6 Let them be as grass on the tops of houses: which withered before it be plucked up:

They are as grass of the roofs, That withers before it was drawn out,

7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.

That has not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

8 And they that have passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.

And the passers by have not said, “The blessing of YHWH [is] on you, We blessed you in the Name of YHWH!”