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. “Sore have they vexed me from youth” thus let Israel say

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

“Sore have they vexed me from youth, but they have not prevailed against me.

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

“The ploughers ploughed on my back, they made their furrows long.

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

But the Lord, who is righteous, has cut the cords of the wicked.”

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

Let all who are haters of Zion be put to shame and defeated.

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

May they be as the grass on the house-top, which withers before it shoots up;

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

which fills not the arms of the reaper, nor the lap of the binder of sheaves

8 Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of Yahweh be on you. We bless you in Yahweh’s name.”

whereof no one says as they pass, “The blessing of God be upon you.” In the name of the Lord we bless you.