Psalms 129

1 A Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:

A Song of Ascents. 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up', let Israel now say;

2 Often they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me.

'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up; but they have not prevailed against me.

3 Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.

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

4 Jehovah [is] righteous, He hath cut asunder cords of the wicked.

The LORD is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.'

5 Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion.

Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all they that hate Zion.

6 They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it springeth up;

7 That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

8 And the passers by have not said, 'The blessing of Jehovah [is] on you, We blessed you in the Name of Jehovah!'

Neither do they that go by say: 'The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.'