(GWT)
Psalms
129
:
1
[A song for going up to worship.] "From the time I was young, people have attacked me..." (Israel should repeat this.)
(GWT)
Psalms
129
:
2
"From the time I was young, people have attacked me, but they have never overpowered me.
(GWT)
Psalms
129
:
3
They have plowed my back [like farmers plow fields]. They made long slashes [like furrows]."
(GWT)
Psalms
129
:
4
The LORD is righteous. He has cut me loose from the ropes that wicked people tied around me.
(GWT)
Psalms
129
:
5
Put to shame all those who hate Zion. Force them to retreat.
(GWT)
Psalms
129
:
6
Make them be like grass on a roof, like grass that dries up before it produces a stalk.
(GWT)
Psalms
129
:
7
It will never fill the barns of those who harvest or the arms of those who gather bundles.
(GWT)
Psalms
129
:
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."