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 the name of Yahweh.\"
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Today's Verse
And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast hotly pursued after me?
Verse Of The DayThe psalmist prays that those who hate Zion wither quickly "as the grass upon the housetops," unable to be gathered into a harvest, a striking contrast to the earlier joy of Psalms 124:1. Browse more entries on the Psalms overview or continue to Psalms 130.
