Psalms 129:1
Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,
Psalms 129:2
Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.
Psalms 129:3
The plowers plowed upon my back. They made long their furrows.
Psalms 129:4
Jehovah is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
Psalms 129:5
Let them be put to shame and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.
Psalms 129:6
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
Psalms 129:7
with which the reaper fills not his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.
Psalms 129:8
Neither do those who go by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you. We bless you in the name of Jehovah.