129:1  "Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up," Let Israel now say,

129:2  "Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up; Yet they have not prevailed against me.

129:3  "The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows."

129:4  The LORD has dealt righteously; He has cut in two the cords of the wicked.

129:5  May all who hate Zion fall into shame and turn backward;

129:6  Let them resemble grass upon the housetops, Which withers before it grows up;

129:7  With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Or the binder of sheaves his bosom;

129:8  Nor do those who pass by say, "The blessing of the LORD rest upon you; We bless you in the name of the LORD."