--- title: Psalms 129 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Psalms chapter 129 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: A Song of Ascents. 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up', let Israel now say; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/129/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Psalms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/) / chapter 129 # Psalms 129 8 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [129:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.129.1/) — שִׁיר הַֽמַּעֲלוֹתרַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרַי יֹֽאמַר־נָא יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ — A Song of Ascents. 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up', let Israel now say; - [129:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.129.2/) — רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרָי גַּם לֹא־יָכְלוּ לִֽי׃ — 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up; but they have not prevailed against me. - [129:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.129.3/) — עַל־גַּבִּי חָרְשׁוּ חֹרְשִׁים הֶאֱרִיכוּ לְמַעֲנִיתָֽם׃ — The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows. - [129:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.129.4/) — יְהוָה צַדִּיק קִצֵּץ עֲבוֹת רְשָׁעִֽים׃ — The LORD is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.' - [129:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.129.5/) — יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִסֹּגוּ אָחוֹר כֹּל שֹׂנְאֵי צִיּֽוֹן׃ — Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all they that hate Zion. - [129:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.129.6/) — יִהְיוּ כַּחֲצִיר גַּגּוֹת שֶׁקַּדְמַת שָׁלַף יָבֵֽשׁ׃ — Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it springeth up; - [129:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.129.7/) — שֶׁלֹּא מִלֵּא כַפּוֹ קוֹצֵר וְחִצְנוֹ מְעַמֵּֽר׃ — Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. - [129:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.129.8/) — וְלֹא אָֽמְרוּ ׀ הָעֹבְרִים בִּרְכַּֽת־יְהוָה אֲלֵיכֶם בֵּרַכְנוּ אֶתְכֶם בְּשֵׁם יְהוָֽה׃ — Neither do they that go by say: 'The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.' - ← previous: [Psalms 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/128/) - next →: [Psalms 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/130/) - ↑ back to [Psalms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/)