{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/psalms/129","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:38:23.490Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":129,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":128,"nextChapter":130,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":8},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"with which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Neither do those who go by say, |The blessing of Yahweh be on you. We bless you in the name of Yahweh.| A Song of Ascents."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 129 (WEB)","markdown":"[Psalms 129](https://primebible.com/web/psalms/129)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/psalms/129 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}