Psalms 129

1 [A Song of Ascents.] Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. 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 times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6 Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up;

May they become like the grass of the roofs, which withereth before it is pulled up;

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

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

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

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