Psalm 128–130

Psalm 128

¹A gradual canticle.

Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.

²Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me.

³The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity.

⁴The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners:

⁵Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion.

⁶Let them be as grass upon the tops of houses: which withereth before it be plucked up:

⁷Who with the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.

⁸And they that passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.

Psalm 129

¹A gradual canticle.

Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord:

²Lord, hear my voice. Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.

³If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities: Lord, who shall stand it.

⁴For with thee there is merciful forgiveness: and by reason of thy law, I have waited for thee, O Lord. My soul hath relied on his word:

⁵my soul hath hoped in the Lord.

⁶From the morning watch even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord.

⁷Because with the Lord there is mercy: and with him plentiful redemption.

⁸And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

Psalm 130

¹A gradual canticle of David.

Lord, my heart is not exalted: nor are my eyes lofty. Neither have I walked in great matters, nor in wonderful things above me.

²If I was not humbly minded, but exalted my soul: As a child that is weaned is towards his mother, so reward in my soul.

³Let Israel hope in the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever.