| Psa. 129:1 |
Many times have they afflicted me since my youth, / Let Israel say, |
| Psa. 129:2 |
Many times have they afflicted me since my youth, / Yet they did not prevail against me. |
| Psa. 129:3 |
The plowers plowed on my back; / They made their furrows long. |
| Psa. 129:4 |
Jehovah is righteous; / He has cut the cords of the wicked. |
| Psa. 129:5 |
May all who hate Zion / Be put to shame and turned back. |
| Psa. 129:6 |
May they be like grass on the housetops, / Which withers before it grows up, |
| Psa. 129:7 |
With which the reaper does not fill his hand, / Or he who binds sheaves, his bosom. |
| Psa. 129:8 |
Nor may those who pass by say, / The blessing of Jehovah be upon you! / We bless you in the name of Jehovah. |