[[Psalm 128|<< Psalm 128]] | [[Psalms|Psalms]] | [[Psalm 130|Psalm 130 >>]] ### Psalm 129 > A Song of degrees. 1 MANY a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: ^1 2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. ^2 3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. ^3 4 The LORD _is_ righteous: he has cut asunder the cords of the wicked. ^4 5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. ^5 6 Let them be as the grass _upon_ the housetops, which withers before it grows up: ^6 7 Wherewith the mower fills not his hand; nor he that binds sheaves his bosom. ^7 8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD _be_ upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD. ^8