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 the degrees.” Many a time have they assailed me from my youth, so should Israel 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 assailed me from my youth: yet have they not prevailed against me.

3 The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their iniquity.

Upon my back have ploughmen ploughed; they have drawn long their furrows:

4 The righteous Lord has cut asunder the necks of sinners.

[Yet] 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.

May all be put to shame and turned backward that hate Zion;

6 Let them be as the grass of the housetops, which withers before it is plucked up.

May they become like the grass of the roofs, which withereth before it is pulled 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 his arm he that bindeth sheaves.

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.

Nor do they who pass by say, The blessing of the Lord be with you: we bless you in the name of the Lord.