Psalm 129

1 {a song of degrees } 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