Psalm 129 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Psa 129:1<A Song of the going up.> Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say);

Psa 129:2Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young, but my troubles have not overcome me.

Psa 129:3The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made.

Psa 129:4The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.

Psa 129:5Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back.

Psa 129:6Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.

Psa 129:7He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.

Psa 129:8And 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.

The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.