Psalms 129

1 A Song of Ascents. Many a time, have they harassed me from my youth, well may Israel say:

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

2 Many a time, have they harassed me from youth, yet have they not prevailed against me.

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

3 Upon my back, have ploughmen ploughed, They have lengthened their furrow!

The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

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

YHWH is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

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

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

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

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

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

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

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

Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of YHWH be upon you: we bless you in the name of YHWH.