Psalm 129
Evangelical Heritage Version
Psalm 129
No Blessing
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A song of the ascents.
They Have Greatly Afflicted Me
1 Greatly they have afflicted me from my youth—
let Israel say—
2 greatly they have afflicted me from my youth,
yet they have not been able to defeat me.
3 On my back plowmen have plowed.
They made their furrows long.
They Will Be Suppressed by God
4 The Lord is righteous.
He has cut the ropes of the wicked to pieces.
5 Let all who hate Zion be ashamed and turned back.
6 Let them be like grass on the roof,
which withers even before it is pulled up.
7 The reaper cannot fill his hand with it.
The one who binds sheaves cannot fill his arms.
8 May those who pass by never say,
“The blessing of the Lord be with you.
We bless you in the name of the Lord.”
Psalm 129
Lexham English Bible
Victory Over the Enemies of Zion
A song of ascents.[a]
129 “Too often[b] they have attacked me from my youth.”
Let Israel say,
2 “Too often[c] they have attacked me from my youth,
yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 On my back plowmen have plowed.
They have made their furrows[d] long.”
4 Yahweh is righteous.
He has cut the ropes[e] of the wicked.
5 Let all be put to shame and repulsed
who hate Zion.
6 Let them be like grass on the housetops,
that withers before it grows up,
7 with which a reaper cannot fill his hand,
nor the binder of sheaves his arms,[f]
8 so that passersby do not say,
“The blessing of Yahweh be upon you.
We bless you in the name of Yahweh.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 129:1 The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm
- Psalm 129:1 Or “Greatly”
- Psalm 129:2 Or “Greatly”
- Psalm 129:3 According to the reading tradition (Qere)
- Psalm 129:4 That is, the yoke and tackle on a beast of burden
- Psalm 129:7 Literally “bosom”
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