Parallel Bible results for "Psalm 129:1-6"

Psalms 129:1-6

1 <<A song of degrees.>> "Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth"--may Israel now say--

1 “They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,” let Israel say;

2 "many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.

2 “they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.

3 The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows."

3 Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.

4 The LORD is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

4 But the LORD is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.”

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

5 May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth before it groweth up,

6 May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;