Psalm 129

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