Psalms 129 - Meaning & Verses

"[A Song of degrees.] Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: {Many...: or, Much}"

"Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. {Many...: or, Much}"

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

"The LORD {is} righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked."

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

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

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

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