Psalms 129:2-4 in English

² Many 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.

² O Lord, hearken to my voice; let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.

³ If thou, O Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

⁴ For with thee is forgiveness: for thy name's sake

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.

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.

² O Lord, listen to my voice; let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.

³ If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

⁴ For with you is forgiveness: for your name's sake

² Many 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 The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

² “Our enemies have afflicted us since our nation began, but they have not defeated us!

³ Our enemies struck us with whips that cut into our backs MET like a farmer uses a plow to cut deep furrows into the ground.”

⁴ But Yahweh is righteous, and he has freed me from being a slave MTY of wicked people.

² O Lord, listen to my voice; let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.

³ If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

⁴ For with you is forgiveness: for your name's sake

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.

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.

² many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

³ The ploughers ploughed on my back. They made their furrows long.

⁴ The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

² Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young, but my troubles have not overcome me.

³ The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made.

⁴ The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.

² Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth; yet they have not prevailed against me.

³ The ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows.

⁴ Jehovah is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

² Lord, hear my voice. Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.

³ If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities: Lord, who shall stand it.

⁴ For with thee there is merciful forgiveness: and by reason of thy law, I have waited for thee, O Lord. My soul hath relied on his word:

² Many enemies have attacked from the time I was young, but they never defeated me.

³ They beat me on my back, leaving long furrows as if it had been ploughed by a farmer.

⁴ But the Lord does what is right: he has cut me free from the ropes of the wicked.

² They haue often times afflicted me from my youth: but they could not preuaile against me.

³ The plowers plowed vpon my backe, and made long furrowes.

⁴ But the righteous Lord hath cut the cordes of the wicked.

² 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up; but 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.'

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.

² Many a time have they assailed me from my youth: yet have they not prevailed against me.

³ Upon my back have ploughmen ploughed; they have drawn long their furrows:

⁴ Yet the Lord is righteous; he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

² O Lord, hearken to my voice; Let thine ears be attentive To the voice of my supplication.

³ If thou, O Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

⁴ For with thee is forgiveness: For thy name’s sake

² Much have they afflicted me from my youth, Yet have they not prevailed against me.

³ The ploughers ploughed up my back; They made long their furrows;

⁴ But the LORD was righteous; He cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

² “Sore have they vexed me from youth, but they have not prevailed against me.

³ “The ploughers ploughed on my back, they made their furrows long.

⁴ But the Lord, who is righteous, has cut the cords of the wicked.”

² “Sore have they vexed me from youth, but they have not prevailed against me.

³ “The ploughers ploughed on my back, they made their furrows long.

⁴ But the Lord, who is righteous, has cut the cords of the wicked.”

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 Adonai is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

² “Often since my youth they have attacked me, yet they have not defeated me.

³ The plowers plowed on my back; they made their furrows long.

⁴ Yahweh is righteous; he has cut the ropes of the wicked.”

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.

² many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

³ The ploughers ploughed on my back. They made their furrows long.

⁴ The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

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.

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 The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

² many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

³ The ploughers ploughed on my back. They made their furrows long.

⁴ The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

² Oft they have fought against me from my youth; and soothly they might not to me

³ Sinners forged on my back; they made long their wickedness.

⁴ The Lord is just or rightwise, he shall beat the nolls of sinners;

² Oft they have fought against me from my youth; and soothly they might not to me (Yea, they have often fought against me from my youth; but truly they could never overcome me.)

³ Sinners forged on my back; they made long their wickedness. (The sinners scourged my back; they made their furrows deep and long in me.)

⁴ The Lord is just, (he) shall beat (together) the nolls of sinners; (But the Lord is just, and he shall free me from the bonds of the wicked;)

² Often they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me.

³ Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.

⁴ Jehovah is righteous, He hath cut asunder cords of the wicked.