Psalm

Prayer for the Overthrow of Zion’s Enemies.

A Song of Ascents.

129 
[a]Many times they have attacked me from my youth up,”

Let Israel say,

[b]Many times they have attacked me from my youth up;

Yet they have not prevailed against me.

The plowers plowed upon my back;

They lengthened their furrows.”

The Lord is righteous;

He has cut up the ropes of the wicked.

May all who hate Zion

Be put to shame and turned backward;

May they be like grass upon the housetops,

Which withers before it [c]grows up;

With which the harvester does not fill his [d]hand,

Or the binder of sheaves his [e]arms;

Nor do those who pass by say,

“The blessing of the Lord be upon you;

We bless you in the name of the Lord.”

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 129:1 Lit Much
  2. Psalm 129:2 Lit Much
  3. Psalm 129:6 Lit draws out
  4. Psalm 129:7 Lit palm
  5. Psalm 129:7 Lit the fold of his robe