psa 129:1

  Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

psa 129:2

  Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.

psa 129:3

  The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

psa 129:4

  The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

psa 129:5

  Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

psa 129:6

  Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

psa 129:7

  Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

psa 129:8

  Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.