1 A Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say: YLT — Psalm 129:1
2 Often they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me. YLT — Psalm 129:2
3 Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows. YLT — Psalm 129:3
4 Jehovah [is] righteous, He hath cut asunder cords of the wicked. YLT — Psalm 129:4
5 Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion. YLT — Psalm 129:5
6 They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth, YLT — Psalm 129:6
7 That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves. YLT — Psalm 129:7
8 And the passers by have not said, ‘The blessing of Jehovah [is] on you, We blessed you in the Name of Jehovah!’ YLT — Psalm 129:8