Parallel Bible results for "Psalm 129:1-7"

Psalms 129:1-7

1 A song of ascents: Since I was young they have often attacked me -let Isra'el repeat it

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

2 since I was young they have often attacked me, but they haven't overcome me.

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

3 The plowmen plowed on my back; wounding me with long furrows.

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

4 But ADONAI is righteous; he cuts me free from the yoke of the wicked.

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

5 Let all who hate Tziyon be thrown back in confusion.

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

6 Let them be like grass on the roof, which dries out before it grows up

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

7 and never fills the reaper's hands or the arms of the one who binds sheaves,

7 a reaper cannot fill his hands with it, nor one who gathers fill his arms.