Psalms 129

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

A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

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

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

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

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

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

The LORD [is] righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

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

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

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

Let them be as the grass [upon] the house-tops, which withereth before it groweth up:

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

With which the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom.

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

Neither do they who go by, say, The blessing of the LORD [be] upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.