129Psalms 129

1Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:Select Psalms 129:1

2Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.Select Psalms 129:2

3The plowers plowed on my back: they made long their furrows.Select Psalms 129:3

4The LORD is righteous: he has cut asunder the cords of the wicked.Select Psalms 129:4

5Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.Select Psalms 129:5

6Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which wither before it grows up:Select Psalms 129:6

7With which the mower fills not his hand; nor he that binds sheaves his bosom.Select Psalms 129:7

8Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be on you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.Select Psalms 129:8