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129:1 A Song of Ascents. "Sorely have they afflicted me from my youth," let Israel now say --
129:1 A Song of Ascents. "Often have they attacked me from my youth" --let Israel now say--
129:2 "Sorely have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.
129:2 "often have they attacked me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.
129:3 The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows."
129:3 The plowers plowed on my back; they made their furrows long."
129:4 The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.
129:4 The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.
129:5 May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward!
129:5 May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward.
129:6 Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
129:6 Let them be like the grass on the housetops that withers before it grows up,
129:7 with which the reaper does not fill his hand or the binder of sheaves his bosom,
129:7 with which reapers do not fill their hands or binders of sheaves their arms,
129:8 while those who pass by do not say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you! We bless you in the name of the LORD!"
129:8 while those who pass by do not say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you! We bless you in the name of the LORD!"
129:1 A Song of Ascents. "Often have they attacked me from my youth" --let Israel now say--
129:2 "Sorely have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.
129:2 "often have they attacked me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.
129:3 The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows."
129:3 The plowers plowed on my back; they made their furrows long."
129:4 The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.
129:4 The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.
129:5 May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward!
129:5 May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward.
129:6 Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
129:6 Let them be like the grass on the housetops that withers before it grows up,
129:7 with which the reaper does not fill his hand or the binder of sheaves his bosom,
129:7 with which reapers do not fill their hands or binders of sheaves their arms,
129:8 while those who pass by do not say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you! We bless you in the name of the LORD!"
129:8 while those who pass by do not say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you! We bless you in the name of the LORD!"