CXXIX. Book V. Prayer for the Overthrow of Zion's Enemies. 1909-14. The Book of Psalms. The Harvard Classics

The Book of Psalms.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

Book V

CXXIX

Prayer for the Overthrow of Zion’s Enemies

A Song of Ascents.


[1]	MANY 1 a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,
[2]	Many 2 a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: Yet they have not prevailed against me.
[3]	The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.
[4]	Jehovah is righteous: He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
[5]	Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.
[6]	Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth 3 up;
[7]	Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom:
[8]	Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; We bless you in the name of Jehovah.

Note 1. Or, Much. [back]

Note 2. Or, Much. [back]

Note 3. Or, is plucked up. [back]