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