129:1  A Song of Ascents. Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,

129:2  Many times 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 their furrows long.

129:4  Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

129:5  Let them be disappointed 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 doesn't 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."