Psalms 129 — DBY

A Song of degrees.

129Verse 1Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth — oh let Israel say —
^{Verse 2}Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth; yet they have not prevailed against me.
^{Verse 3}The ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
^{Verse 4}Jehovah is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
^{Verse 5}Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all that hate Zion;
^{Verse 6}Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,
^{Verse 7}Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom;
^{Verse 8}Neither do the passers-by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; we bless you in the name of Jehovah!