Psalms 129

1 “A song of the degrees.” Many a time have they assailed me from my youth, so should Israel say;

[A Song of Ascents.] Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,

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

many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

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

The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.

4 [Yet] the Lord is righteous; he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

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

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

Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.

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

with which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

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

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