Psalm 129
King James Version
129 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
4 The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
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.
Psalmen 129
Het Boek
129 Een bedevaartslied.
Laat Israël het volgende zeggen:
sinds de tijd dat ons volk ontstond,
zijn wij onderdrukt.
2 Van het begin af aan
hebben zij ons in moeilijkheden gebracht,
maar zij hebben ons niet overwonnen.
3 Zij hebben ons onderdrukt
en zelfs gemarteld.
4 Maar de Here, die rechtvaardig oordeelt,
heeft de touwen waarmee de ongelovigen
ons hadden vastgebonden doorgesneden.
5 Alle volken die Jeruzalem haten,
zullen te kijk worden gezet en wegvluchten.
6 Zij lijken op gras dat op de daken groeit
en al is verdord voor het wordt uitgetrokken.
7 Het kan zelfs niet meer als hooi dienen.
8 Voor zulke mensen geldt niet de zegenwens:
‘Ik bid dat de Here u zegent.’
Ook niet:
‘Wij zegenen u in de naam van de Here.’
Psalm 129
New King James Version
Song of Victory over Zion’s Enemies
A Song of Ascents.
129 “Many a time they have (A)afflicted[a] me from (B)my youth,”
(C)Let Israel now say—
2 “Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth;
Yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 The plowers plowed on my back;
They made their furrows long.”
4 The Lord is righteous;
He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked.
5 Let all those who hate Zion
Be put to shame and turned back.
6 Let them be as the (D)grass on the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up,
7 With which the reaper does not fill his hand,
Nor he who binds sheaves, his [b]arms.
8 Neither let those who pass by them say,
(E)“The blessing of the Lord be upon you;
We bless you in the name of the Lord!”
Footnotes
- Psalm 129:1 persecuted
- Psalm 129:7 armsful, lit. bosom
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