Psalms 129

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

A Song of Degrees. Many a time have they warred against me from my youth, let Israel now say:

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

Many a time have they warred against me from my youth: and yet they prevailed not against me.

3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their iniquity.

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

The righteous Lord has cut asunder the necks of sinners.

5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

Let all that hate Sion be put to shame and turned back.

6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up:

Let them be as the grass of the house-tops, which withers before it is plucked up.

7 Wherewith the mower fills not his hand; nor he that binds sheaves his bosom.

Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom.

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

Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.