< Psalms 129 >

1 Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.
Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel [God prevails] now say,
2 Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me.
many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity.
The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.
4 The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners:
Adonai is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion.
Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking].
6 Let them be as grass on the tops of houses: which withered before it be plucked 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 gathereth sheaves his bosom.
with which the reaper does not fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.
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.
Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of Adonai be on you. We bless you in Adonai’s name.”

< Psalms 129 >