Brenton(i)
1 (128:1) A Song of Degrees. Many a time have they warred against me from my youth, let Israel now say:
2 (128:2) Many a time have they warred against me from my youth: and yet they prevailed not against me.
3 (128:3) The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their iniquity.
4 (128:4) The righteous Lord has cut asunder the necks of sinners.
5 (128:5) Let all that hate Sion be put to shame and turned back.
6 (128:6) Let them be as the grass of the house-tops, which withers before it is plucked up.
7 (128:7) Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom.
8 (128:8) Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.