Parallel Bible results for "psalm 129"

Psalms 129

1 "From the time I was young, people have attacked me..." (Israel should repeat this.)

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

2 "From the time I was young, people have attacked me, but they have never overpowered me.

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

3 They have plowed my back [like farmers plow fields]. They made long slashes [like furrows]."

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

4 The LORD is righteous. He has cut me loose from the ropes that wicked people tied around me.

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

5 Put to shame all those who hate Zion. Force them to retreat.

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

6 Make them be like grass on a roof, like grass that dries up before it produces a stalk.

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

7 It will never fill the barns of those who harvest or the arms of those who gather bundles.

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

8 Those who pass by will never say [to them], "May you be blessed by the LORD" or "We bless you in the name of the LORD."

8 May those who pass by not say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.”