Psalms 129 — BBE

A Song of the going up.

129Verse 1Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say);
^{Verse 2}Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young, but my troubles have not overcome me.
^{Verse 3}The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made.
^{Verse 4}The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.
^{Verse 5}Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back.
^{Verse 6}Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.
^{Verse 7}He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.
^{Verse 8}And those who go by do not say, The blessing of the Lord be on you; we give you blessing in the name of the Lord.