Ps 129
1
A Song of Ascents. 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up', let Israel now
say;
2
'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up; but 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 be ashamed and turned backward, all they that hate Zion.
6
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it springeth up;
7
Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
8
Neither do they that go by say: 'The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you
in the name of the LORD.'