Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth—oh let Israel say— Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth; yet they have not prevailed against me. The ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows. Jehovah is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

⁵Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all that hate Zion; ⁶Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up, ⁷Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom; ⁸Neither do the passers-by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; we bless you in the name of Jehovah!

Psalm 130

A Song of degrees.

Out of the depths do I call upon thee, Jehovah. Lord, hear my voice; let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication. If thou, Jah, shouldest mark iniquities, Lord, who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

⁵I wait for Jehovah; my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. ⁶My soul waiteth for the Lord more than the watchers wait for the morning, more than the watchers for the morning. ⁷Let Israel hope in Jehovah, because with Jehovah there is loving-kindness, and with him is plenteous redemption; ⁸And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

Psalm 131

A Song of degrees. Of David.

Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in great matters, and in things too wonderful for me. Surely I have restrained and composed my soul, like a weaned child with its mother: my soul within me is as a weaned child. Let Israel hope in Jehovah, from henceforth and for evermore.

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