129:1 A Song of Ascents. Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,
129:2 Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth up: Yet they have not prevailed against me.
129:3 The plowers plowed on my back; They made long their furrows.
129:4 Yahweh is righteous: He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
129:5 Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All those who hate Zion.
129:6 Let them be as the grass on the housetops, Which withers before it grows up;
129:7 With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Nor he who binds sheaves his bosom.
129:8 Neither do those who go by say, The blessing of Yahweh be on you+ We bless you+ in the name of Yahweh.