1 A Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:
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.
5 Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion.
6 They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,
7 That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.
8 And the passers by have not said, `The blessing of Jehovah `is' on you, We blessed you in the Name of Jehovah!'
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Today's Verse
And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.
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.
