Psalm 128–130
Blessings of Those Who Fear the Lord
A Song of Ascents.
1 Blessed ais every one who fears the Lord,
Who walks in His ways.
2 bWhen you eat the 1labor of your hands,
You shall be happy, and it shall be cwell with you.
3 Your wife shall be dlike a fruitful vine
In the very heart of your house,
Your echildren flike olive plants
All around your table.
4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
Who fears the Lord.
5 gThe Lord bless you out of Zion,
And may you see the good of Jerusalem
All the days of your life.
6 Yes, may you hsee your children’s children.
iPeace be upon Israel!
Song of Victory Over Zion’s Enemies
A Song of Ascents.
1 “Many a time they have aafflicted 1me from bmy youth,”
cLet Israel now say—
2 “Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth;
Yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 The plowers plowed on my back;
They made their furrows long.”
He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked.
Be put to shame and turned back.
6 Let them be as the dgrass on the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up,
7 With which the reaper does not fill his hand,
Nor he who binds sheaves, his 2arms.
8 Neither let those who pass by them say,
e“The blessing of the Lord be upon you;
We bless you in the name of the Lord!”
Waiting for the Redemption of the Lord
A Song of Ascents.
1 Out aof the depths I have cried to You, O Lord;
Let Your ears be attentive
To the voice of my supplications.
3 bIf You, Lord, should 1mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could cstand?
4 But there is dforgiveness with You,
That eYou may be feared.
5 fI wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
And gin His word I do hope.
6 hMy soul waits for the Lord
More than those who watch for the morning—
Yes, more than those who watch for the morning.
7 iO Israel, hope in the Lord;
For jwith the Lord there is mercy,
And with Him is abundant redemption.
8 And kHe shall redeem Israel
From all his iniquities.