A Song of Ascents.
{Or, Much}Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up,
Let Israel now say,
{Or, Much}Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up:
Yet they have not prevailed against me.
The plowers plowed upon my back;
They made long their furrows.
Jehovah is righteous:
He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
Let them be put to shame and turned backward,
All they that hate Zion.
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops,
Which withereth before it {Or, is plucked up}groweth up;
Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand,
Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
Neither do they that go by say,
The blessing of Jehovah be upon you;
We bless you in the name of Jehovah.
Querverweise zu Psalm 129,4 Ps 129,4
O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thou art righteous; for we are left a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our guiltiness; for none can stand before thee because of this.
Blessed be Jehovah,Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Howbeit thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers:The snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Jehovah is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment:Hear, I pray you, all ye peoples, and behold my sorrow:My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords;They have spread a net by the wayside;They have set gins for me. [Selah
I said unto Jehovah, Thou art my God:Give ear unto the voice of my supplications, O Jehovah.
O Jehovah the Lord, the strength of my salvation,Thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked;Further not his evil device, lest they exalt themselves. [Selah
As for the head of those that compass me about,Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Let burning coals fall upon them:Let them be cast into the fire,Into {Or, floods}deep pits, whence they shall not rise.
{Hebrew: A man to tongue.}An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth:Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
It is of Jehovah's lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of face, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.