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Tehillim - Psalms - Chapter 129

Chapter 129

1. A song of ascents. Much have they distressed me from my youth, Israel will say now.		א.
2. Much have they distressed me from my youth, but also they have not prevailed against me.		ב.
3. On my back, the plowmen plowed; they lengthened their furrow.		ג.
the plowmen… they lengthened their furrow: That is the hill of the plowshare, as (I Sam. 13:14): “about half a furrow (מענה) [which] a yoke [of oxen plow in] a field.”		:
4. The Lord is righteous; He will cut the ropes of the wicked.		ד.
5. May all those who hate Zion be ashamed and retreat.		ה.
6. May they be like the grass of the roofs, which, before it is plucked, withers.		ו.
which, before it is plucked, withers: Which, before they pluck it and uproot it from its place, is withered.		:
7. Of which the reaper did not fill his hand, nor the gatherer his arm.		ז.
his arm: Like (Isa. 49:22): “and they will bring your sons in [their] arms (בחצן) ,” aisselle in French, and so (Neh. 5:13): “Also I shook out my arm (חצני).”		:
8. And the passers-by did not say, "May the blessing of the Lord be to you; we have blessed you in the name of the Lord."		ח.

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