WEBVTT 00:01.190 --> 00:03.870 Psalm 129, the Song of Degrees. 00:05.550 --> 00:09.950 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say. 00:10.970 --> 00:15.070 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against 00:15.070 --> 00:15.330 me. 00:16.050 --> 00:19.310 The plowers plowed upon my back, they made long their furrows. 00:19.810 --> 00:23.030 The Lord is righteous, he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. 00:23.870 --> 00:26.510 Let them all be confounded and turn back that hate desire. 00:27.050 --> 00:30.870 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it 00:30.870 --> 00:31.190 groweth. 00:31.990 --> 00:35.990 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. 00:36.950 --> 00:40.850 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you. 00:41.330 --> 00:43.630 We bless you in the name of the Lord.