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Psalms 129

Highlighted words differ from the KJV. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    KJVA Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
    WEBA Song of Ascents. Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say:
  2. 2
    KJVMany a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
    WEBmany times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.
  3. 3
    KJVThe plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
    WEBThe plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.
  4. 4
    KJVThe LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
    WEBYahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
  5. 5
    KJVLet them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
    WEBLet them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.
  6. 6
    KJVLet them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
    WEBLet them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
  7. 7
    KJVWherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
    WEBwith which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.
  8. 8
    KJVNeither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
    WEBNeither do those who go by say, “The blessing of Yahweh be on you. We bless you in Yahweh’s name.”
  • King James Version (1769 text), public domain outside the United Kingdom, where Crown letters patent apply.
  • World English Bible (WEB), public domain. “World English Bible” is a trademark of eBible.org.