Psalm 129

Psalm CXXIX.

A Song of degrees.

Many a time have they ^aafflicted me from ^bmy youth,

^cMay Israel now say:

²Many a time have they ^aafflicted me from my youth:

^dYet they have not prevailed against me.

^3ddThe plowers plowed upon my back:

They made long their ^efurrows.

⁴The Lord is righteous:

He hath cut asunder the ^fcords of the wicked.

⁵Let them all be ^gconfounded and ^gturned back

That hate Zion.

⁶Let them be ^has the ⁱgrass upon the housetops,

Which ⁱwithereth afore it groweth up:

⁷Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand;

Nor he that bindeth sheaves his ^kbosom.

⁸Neither do they which go by say,

^lThe blessing of the Lord be upon you:

^mWe bless you in the name of the Lord.