1 <A Song of Ascents. > Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say, NHEB — Psalm 129:1
2 many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me. NHEB — Psalm 129:2
3 The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long. NHEB — Psalm 129:3
4 The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked. NHEB — Psalm 129:4
5 Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion. NHEB — Psalm 129:5
6 Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up; NHEB — Psalm 129:6
7 with which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom. NHEB — Psalm 129:7
8 Neither do those who go by say, "The blessing of the LORD be on you. We bless you in the name of the LORD." NHEB — Psalm 129:8