Psalms 129

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

The ploughers ploughed on my back. They made their furrows long.

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

The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

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

Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who 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 on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,

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

with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds 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 those who go by say, “The blessing of the LORD be on you. We bless you in the LORD’s name.”