129:1 A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: 
129:1 {A Song of degrees.} Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: 

129:2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. 
129:2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: 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 made long their furrows. 

129:4 The LORD {is} righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. 
129:4 The LORD {is} righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. 

129:5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. 
129:5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. 

129:6 Let them be as the grass {upon} the house-tops, which withereth before it groweth up: 
129:6 Let them be as the grass {upon} the housetops, which withereth before it groweth up: 

129:7 With which the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom. 
129:7 With which the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. 

129:8 Neither do they who go by, say, The blessing of the LORD {be} upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD. 
129:8 Neither do they who go by say, The blessing of the LORD {be} upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.