Psalms 129

A Song of degrees.

1Many a timeH7227 have they afflictedH6887 me from my youthH5271, may IsraelH3478 now sayH559:1

2Many a timeH7227 have they afflictedH6887 me from my youthH5271: yet they have not prevailedH3201 against me.2

3The plowersH2790 plowedH2790 upon my backH1354: they made longH748 their furrowsH4618.

4YhwhH3068 is righteousH6662: he hath cut asunderH7112 the cordsH5688 of the wickedH7563.

5Let them all be confoundedH954 and turnedH5472 backH268 that hateH8130 ZionH6726.

6Let them be as the grassH2682 upon the housetopsH1406, which witherethH3001 aforeH6927 it groweth upH8025:

7Wherewith the mowerH7114 fillethH4390 not his handH3709; nor he that bindeth sheavesH6014 his bosomH2683.

8Neither do they which go byH5674 sayH559, The blessingH1293 of YhwhH3068 be upon you: we blessH1288 you in the nameH8034 of YhwhH3068.