Psalms 129

1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,

2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.

Many a time 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 upon my back. They made long their furrows.

4 Yhwh is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

Jehovah is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

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

Let them be put to shame and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.

6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

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

7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

with which the reaper fills not his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of Yhwh be upon you: we bless you in the name of Yhwh.

Neither do those who go by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you. We bless you in the name of Jehovah.