129:1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,
129:1 {A Song of Ascents.} "Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up," Let Israel now say,

129:2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: Yet they have not prevailed against me.
129:2 "Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up; 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 upon my back; They lengthened their furrows."

129:4 Jehovah is righteous: He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
129:4 The LORD is righteous; He has cut in two the cords of the wicked.

129:5 Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.
129:5 May all who hate Zion, Be put to shame and turned backward,

129:6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;
129:6 Let them be like grass upon the housetops, Which withers before it grows up;

129:7 Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
129:7 With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Or the binder of sheaves his bosom;

129:8 Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; We bless you in the name of Jehovah.
129:8 Nor do those who pass by say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you; We bless you in the name of the LORD."