Psalm 128–130

Psalm 128

BLESSINGS FOR THOSE WHO FEAR GOD

A song of ascents.

¹How happy is everyone who fears the Lord,

who walks in his ways!^v

²You will surely eat

what your hands have worked for.^w

You will be happy,

and it will go well for you.^x

³Your wife will be like a fruitful vine

within your house,

your children, like young olive trees

around your table.^y

⁴In this very way

the man who fears the Lord

will be blessed.^z

⁵May the Lord bless you from Zion,

so that you will see the prosperity of Jerusalem

all the days of your life^aa

⁶and will see your children’s children!

Peace be with Israel.^ab

Psalm 129

PROTECTION OF THE OPPRESSED

A song of ascents.

¹Since my youth they have often attacked me—

let Israel say—

²since my youth they have often attacked me,

but they have not prevailed against me.^ac

³Plowmen plowed over my back;

they made their furrows long.^ad

⁴The Lord is righteous;

he has cut the ropes of the wicked.^a

⁵Let all who hate Zion

be driven back in disgrace.^b

⁶Let them be like grass on the rooftops,

which withers before it grows up^Ac

⁷and can’t even fill the hands of the reaper

or the arms of the one who binds sheaves.^d

⁸Then none who pass by will say,

“May the Lord’s blessing be on you.

We bless you in the name of the Lord.”^e

Psalm 130

AWAITING REDEMPTION

A song of ascents.

¹Out of the depths I call to you, Lord!^f

²Lord, listen to my voice;

let your ears be attentive

to my cry for help.^g

³Lord, if you kept an account of iniquities,

Lord, who could stand?^h

⁴But with you there is forgiveness,

so that you may be revered.ⁱ

⁵I wait for the Lord; I wait

and put my hope in his word.^j

⁶I wait for the Lord

more than watchmen for the morning—

more than watchmen for the morning.^k

⁷Israel, put your hope in the Lord.^l

For there is faithful love with the Lord,

and with him is redemption in abundance.^m

⁸And he will redeem Israel

from all its iniquities.ⁿ