Psalm 129–131

Psalm 129

^*A Song of degrees.

^1||Many a time have they ^aafflicted me from ^bmy youth,

^cMay Israel now say:

^2||Many a time have they ^aafflicted me from my youth:

^dYet they have not prevailed against me.

^3ddThe plowers plowed upon my back:

They made long their ^efurrows.

⁴The Lord is righteous:

He hath cut asunder the ^fcords of the wicked.

⁵Let them all be ^gconfounded and ^gturned back

That hate Zion.

⁶Let them be ^has the ⁱgrass upon the housetops,

Which ⁱwithereth afore it groweth up:

⁷Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand;

Nor he that bindeth sheaves his ^kbosom.

⁸Neither do they which go by say,

^lThe blessing of the Lord be upon you:

^mWe bless you in the name of the Lord.

Psalm 130

^*A Song of degrees.

^1aOut of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.

²Lord, hear my voice:

^bLet thine ears be attentive to ^bbthe voice of my supplications.

³If thou, ^cLord, shouldest ^dmark iniquities,

O Lord, ^ewho shall ^fstand?

⁴But there is ^gforgiveness with thee,

^hThat thou mayest be feared.

⁵ⁱI wait for the Lord, ^kmy soul doth wait,

And ^lin his word do I hope.

⁶My soul waiteth for the Lord

More than they ^mthat watch for ⁿthe morning:

^||I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

^7oLet Israel hope in the Lord:

For ^pwith the Lord there is mercy,

And with him is plenteous redemption.

⁸And ^qhe shall redeem Israel

From all his iniquities.

Psalm 131

^*A Song of degrees ^†of David.

¹Lord, ^aMy heart is not haughty, nor ^bmine eyes lofty:

Neither ^cdo I ^†exercise myself in great matters, or in things too ^†high for me.

²Surely I have behaved and quieted ^†myself,

^dAs a child that is weaned of his mother:

My soul is even as a weaned child.

^3eLet Israel hope in the Lord

^†From henceforth and for ever.