Psalm 129 | King James Version

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

2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

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

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

6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

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

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New International Version

A song of ascents.

1 ‘They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,’ let Israel say;

2 ‘they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.

3 Ploughmen have ploughed my back and made their furrows long.

4 But the Lord is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.’

5 May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

6 May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;

7 a reaper cannot fill his hands with it, nor one who gathers fill his arms.

8 May those who pass by not say to them, ‘The blessing of the Lord be on you; we bless you in the name of the Lord.’

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