{"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/ylt/psalms/129","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T01:20:37.696Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":129,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":128,"nextChapter":130,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":8},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"A Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Often they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Jehovah is righteous, He hath cut asunder cords of the wicked."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And the passers by have not said, 'The blessing of Jehovah is on you, We blessed you in the Name of Jehovah!'"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 129 (YLT)","markdown":"[Psalms 129](https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/129)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/129 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}