Psalm 129Psalms129

Berean Standard BibleKing James Version

1. The Cords of the Wicked

2. 1BSBA song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth—let Israel now declare—KJVKJV: A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
3. 2BSBmany a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.KJVKJV: Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
4. 3BSBThe plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.KJVKJV: The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
5. 4BSBThe LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.KJVKJV: The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
6. 5BSBMay all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.KJVKJV: Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
7. 6BSBMay they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,KJVKJV: Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
8. 7BSBunable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.KJVKJV: Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
9. 8BSBMay none who pass by say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.”KJVKJV: Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.