Psalm 129

1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,ASV — Psalm 129:1

2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: Yet they have not prevailed against me.ASV — Psalm 129:2

3 The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.ASV — Psalm 129:3

4 Jehovah is righteous: He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.ASV — Psalm 129:4

5 Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.ASV — Psalm 129:5

6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;ASV — Psalm 129:6

7 Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.ASV — Psalm 129:7

8 Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; We bless you in the name of Jehovah. Psalm 130 A Song of Ascents.ASV — Psalm 129:8