The Book of Psalms 129 |
The Basic English Online Bible (BEN) |
Psalms 129:1 | <A Song of the going up.> Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say); |
Psalms 129:2 | Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young, but my troubles have not overcome me. |
Psalms 129:3 | The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made. |
Psalms 129:4 | The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two. |
Psalms 129:5 | Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back. |
Psalms 129:6 | Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth. |
Psalms 129:7 | He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems. |
Psalms 129:8 | And those who go by do not say, The blessing of the Lord be on you; we give you blessing in the name of the Lord. |