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 ASCENTS. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:

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

Often they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me.

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

Plowers have plowed over my back, They have made their furrows long.

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

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

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

All hating Zion [are] confounded and turn backward.

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

They are as grass of the roofs, That withers before it was drawn out,

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

That has not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

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

And the passers by have not said, “The blessing of YHWH [is] on you, We blessed you in the Name of YHWH!”