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World English Bible

Psalm 129 (WEBP)

[1] Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say:
[2] many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.
[3] The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.
[4] Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
[5] Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.
[6] Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
[7] with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.
[8] Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of Yahweh be on you. We bless you in Yahweh’s name.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 129 (KJVS)

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

Psalm 129:1 Or, much

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 129 (BYZ)

[1] Ὠιδὴ () τῶν () ἀναβαθμῶν. () Πλεονάκις ἐπολέμησάν () με () ἐκ () νεότητός () μου, () εἰπάτω () δὴ () Ισραηλ, ()
[2] πλεονάκις ἐπολέμησάν () με () ἐκ () νεότητός () μου, () καὶ () γὰρ () οὐκ () ἠδυνήθησάν () μοι. ()
[3] Ἐπὶ () τοῦ () νώτου () μου () ἐτέκταινον οἱ () ἁμαρτωλοί, () ἐμάκρυναν τὴν () ἀνομίαν () αὐτῶν· ()
[4] κύριος () δίκαιος () συνέκοψεν αὐχένας ἁμαρτωλῶν. ()
[5] Αἰσχυνθήτωσαν () καὶ () ἀποστραφήτωσαν () εἰς () τὰ () ὀπίσω () πάντες () οἱ () μισοῦντες () Σιων. ()
[6] Γενηθήτωσαν () ὡς () χόρτος () δωμάτων, () ὃς () πρὸ () τοῦ () ἐκσπασθῆναι ἐξηράνθη· ()
[7] οὗ () οὐκ () ἐπλήρωσεν () τὴν () χεῖρα () αὐτοῦ () ὁ () θερίζων () καὶ () τὸν () κόλπον () αὐτοῦ () ὁ () τὰ () δράγματα συλλέγων, ()
[8] καὶ () οὐκ () εἶπαν () οἱ () παράγοντες () Εὐλογία () κυρίου () ἐφ’ () ὑμᾶς, () εὐλογήκαμεν () ὑμᾶς () ἐν () ὀνόματι () κυρίου. ()

Psalm 129:1 Originally verse 128:1.
Psalm 129:2 Originally verse 128:2.
Psalm 129:3 Originally verse 128:3.
Psalm 129:4 Originally verse 128:4.
Psalm 129:5 Originally verse 128:5.
Psalm 129:6 Originally verse 128:6.
Psalm 129:7 Originally verse 128:7.
Psalm 129:8 Originally verse 128:8.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.