The Cords of the Wicked

1(128:1) A Song of Degrees. Many a time have they warred against me from my youth, let Israel now say:

2(128:2) Many a time have they warred against me from my youth: and yet they prevailed not against me.

3(128:3) The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their iniquity.

4(128:4) The righteous Lord has cut asunder the necks of sinners.

5(128:5) Let all that hate Sion be put to shame and turned back.

6(128:6) Let them be as the grass of the house-tops, which withers before it is plucked up.

7(128:7) Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom.

8(128:8) Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.