The Book of Psalms

Chapter 129

American Standard Version

Ps 129:1Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,
Ps 129:2Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: Yet they have not prevailed against me.
Ps 129:3The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.
Ps 129:4Jehovah is righteous: He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
Ps 129:5Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.
Ps 129:6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;
Ps 129:7Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
Ps 129:8Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; We bless you in the name of Jehovah. A Song of Ascents.