1A Song of Ascents. 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up', let Israel now say;
2'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up; but they have not prevailed against me.
3The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
4The LORD is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.'
5Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all they that hate Zion.
Psalms 129
Psalms 129:1-5