Psalms Chapter 129 - Bible in Basic English

1

Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say);PS:71:17
PS:124:1
ISA:47:12
JER:2:2
JER:22:21
EZE:16:22
HOS:2:15
HOS:11:1

2

Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young, but my troubles have not overcome me.PS:118:13
2CO:4:9
JER:1:19
JER:15:20
JER:20:11
MAT:16:18

3

The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made.ISA:51:23

4

The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.EXO:9:27
PS:140:5

5

Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back.PS:35:4
MIC:4:11

6

Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.ISA:37:27
2KG:19:26
PS:37:2

7

He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.

8

And those who go by do not say, The blessing of the Lord be on you; we give you blessing in the name of the Lord.RUT:2:4
PS:118:26