Psalm 129

Psalm 129

A song for going up to worship. 

¹“From the time I was young, people have attacked me …” 

(Israel should repeat this.) 

²“From the time I was young, people have attacked me, 

but they have never overpowered me. 

³They have plowed my back ⸤like farmers plow fields⸥. 

They made long slashes ⸤like furrows⸥.” 

⁴The Lord is righteous. 

He has cut me loose 

from the ropes that wicked people tied around me. 

⁵Put to shame all those who hate Zion. 

Force them to retreat. 

⁶Make them be like grass on a roof, 

like grass that dries up before it produces a stalk. 

⁷It will never fill the barns of those who harvest 

or the arms of those who gather bundles. 

⁸Those who pass by will never say ⸤to them⸥, 

“May you be blessed by the Lord” 

or “We bless you in the name of the Lord.”