Psalms 129

1 A Song of Ascents. 'Much 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 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up; but 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.'

The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

5 Let them be ashamed 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 afore it springeth 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 the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.'

Neither do those who go by say, "The blessing of the LORD be on you. We bless you in the name of the LORD."