129 (G210). GROUP IV. PSALM (FIRST). DISTRESS.
| G210 | X | 1,2∼ | Distress. Caused by enemies. | |
| 1. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: | ||||
| 2∼. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: | ||||
| Y | ∼2 | Failure of enemies. Stated. | ||
| ∼2. yet they have not prevailed against me. | ||||
| X | 3 | Distress. Caused by enemies. | ||
| 3. The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. | ||||
| Y | 4-8 | Failure of enemies. | ||
| 4. The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. | ||||
| 5. Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. | ||||
| 6. Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up: | ||||
| 7. Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. | ||||
| 8. Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD. |