Psalm 129–131

They Have Afflicted Me from My Youth

129A Song of ^mAscents.

¹“Greatly¹ have they ^pafflicted me ^qfrom my youth”—

^rlet Israel now say—

²“Greatly have they ^pafflicted me ^qfrom my youth,

^syet they have not prevailed against me.

^3tThe plowers plowed ^uupon my back;

they made long their furrows.”

⁴The Lord is righteous;

he has cut ^vthe cords of the wicked.

⁵May all who hate Zion

be ^wput to shame and turned backward!

⁶Let them be like ^xthe grass on the housetops,

which ^ywithers before it grows up,

⁷with which the reaper does not fill his hand

nor the binder of sheaves his arms,

⁸nor do those who pass by say,

^a“The blessing of the Lord be upon you!

We ^bbless you in the name of the Lord!”

My Soul Waits for the Lord

130A Song of ^mAscents.

¹Out of ^cthe depths I cry to you, O Lord!

²O Lord, hear my voice!

^dLet your ears be attentive

to ^ethe voice of my pleas for mercy!

³If you, O Lord, should ^fmark iniquities,

O Lord, who could ^gstand?

⁴But with you there is ^hforgiveness,

ⁱthat you may be feared.

⁵I ^jwait for the Lord, ^kmy soul waits,

and ^lin his word I hope;

⁶my soul ^mwaits for the Lord

more than ⁿwatchmen for ^othe morning,

more than watchmen for the morning.

⁷O Israel, ^phope in the Lord!

For ^qwith the Lord there is steadfast love,

and with him is plentiful redemption.

⁸And he will ^rredeem Israel

from all his iniquities.

I Have Calmed and Quieted My Soul

131A Song of ^mAscents. Of David.

¹O Lord, my heart is not ^slifted up;

my eyes are not ^traised too high;

I do not ^uoccupy myself with things

too great and ^vtoo marvelous for me.

²But I have calmed and quieted my soul,

like a weaned ^wchild with its mother;

like a weaned child is my soul within me.

^3xO Israel, hope in the Lord

from this time forth and forevermore.