Psalms 129

1 “A song of the degrees.” Many a time have they assailed me from my youth, so should Israel 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 assailed me from my youth: yet have they not prevailed against me.

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

3 Upon my back have ploughmen ploughed; they have drawn long their furrows:

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

4 [Yet] the Lord is righteous; he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

The righteous Lord has cut asunder the necks of sinners.

5 May all be put to shame and turned backward that hate Zion;

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

6 May they become like the grass of the roofs, which withereth before it is pulled up;

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

7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor his arm he that bindeth sheaves.

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

8 Nor do they who pass by say, The blessing of the Lord be with 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.