Psalms 129

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

A Song of Ascents. Many a time, have they harassed me from my youth, well may 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 harassed me from 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 lengthened their furrow!

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

Yahweh, is righteous, He hath cut asunder the cords of the lawless.

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

Let all who hate Zion, be ashamed and shrink back:

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

Let them become like the grass of housetops, which, before it is pulled up, hath withered;

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

Wherewith no reaper, hath filled his hand, nor binder, his bosom:

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

Neither have the passers-by ever said, The blessing of Yahweh, be unto you, —We have blessed you in the Name of Yahweh.