Psalms 129
WEB·Psalms 129
1A Song of Ascents. Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say:
KJVA SongH7892 of degreesH4609. Many a timeH7227 have they afflictedH6887(H8804) me from my youthH5271, may IsraelH3478 now sayH559(H8799):
2 many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.
KJVMany a timeH7227 have they afflictedH6887(H8804) me from my youthH5271: yet they have not prevailedH3201(H8804) against me.
3 The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.
KJVThe plowersH2790(H8802) plowedH2790(H8804) upon my backH1354: they made longH748(H8689) their furrowsH4618(H8675)H4618.
4 Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
KJVThe LORDH3068 is righteousH6662: he hath cut asunderH7112(H8765) the cordsH5688 of the wickedH7563.
5 Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.
KJVLet them all be confoundedH954(H8799) and turnedH5472(H8735) backH268 that hateH8130(H8802) ZionH6726.
6 Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
KJVLet them be as the grassH2682 upon the housetopsH1406, which witherethH3001(H8804) aforeH6927 it groweth upH8025(H8804):
7 with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.
KJVWherewith the mowerH7114(H8802) fillethH4390(H8765) not his handH3709; nor he that bindeth sheavesH6014(H8764) his bosomH2683.
8 Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of Yahweh be on you. We bless you in Yahweh’s name.”
KJVNeither do they which go byH5674(H8802) sayH559(H8804), The blessingH1293 of the LORDH3068 be upon you: we blessH1288(H8765) you in the nameH8034 of the LORDH3068.
Psalms 129
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