129:1
A Song[H7892] of degrees[H4609]. Many a time[H7227] have they afflicted[H6887] me from my youth[H5271], may Israel[H3478] now say[H559]:
129:2
Many a time[H7227] have they afflicted[H6887] me from my youth[H5271]: yet they have not prevailed[H3201] against me.
129:3
The plowers[H2790]plowed[H2790] upon my back[H1354]: they made long[H748] their furrows[H4618].
129:4
The LORD[H3068] is righteous[H6662]: he hath cut asunder[H7112] the cords[H5688] of the wicked[H7563].
129:5
Let them all be confounded[H954] and turned[H5472]back[H268] that hate[H8130]Zion[H6726].
129:6
Let them be as the grass[H2682] upon the housetops[H1406], which withereth[H3001]afore[H6927] it groweth up[H8025]:
129:7
Wherewith the mower[H7114]filleth[H4390] not his hand[H3709]; nor he that bindeth sheaves[H6014] his bosom[H2683].
129:8
Neither do they which go by[H5674]say[H559], The blessing[H1293] of the LORD[H3068] be upon you: we bless[H1288] you in the name[H8034] of the LORD.