Psalm 128–130

PSALM 128

Blessed Is Everyone Who Fears Yahweh

A Song of Ascents.

^1aHow blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh,

Who ^bwalks in His ways.

²When you shall ^aeat of the ^1bfruit of the labor of your hands,

How blessed will you be and ^chow well will it be for you.

³Your wife shall be like a ^afruitful vine

In the innermost parts of your house,

Your children like ^bolive plants

All around your table.

⁴Behold, for thus shall the man be blessed

Who fears Yahweh.

^5aMay Yahweh bless you ^bfrom Zion,

That you may see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

⁶Indeed, may you see your ^achildren’s children.

^bPeace be upon Israel!

PSALM 129

Yahweh Has Cut the Cords of the Wicked

A Song of Ascents.

¹“¹Many times they have ^2aassailed me from my ^byouth up,”

^cLet Israel now say,

²“¹Many times they have ²assailed me from my youth up;

Yet they have ^anot prevailed against me.

³“The plowers plowed upon my back;

They lengthened their furrows.”

⁴Yahweh ^ais righteous;

He has cut up the ^bcords of the wicked.

⁵Let all who ^ahate Zion

Be ^bput to shame and turned backward;

⁶Let them be like ^agrass upon the rooftops,

Which dries up before it ¹grows up;

⁷With which the reaper does not fill his ¹hand,

Nor the binder of sheaves the ^afold of his garment;

⁸And those who pass by will not say,

“The ^ablessing of Yahweh be upon you;

We bless you in the name of Yahweh.”

PSALM 130

Yahweh Will Redeem Israel

A Song of Ascents.

¹Out of the ^adepths I called to You, O Yahweh.

²O Lord, ^ahear my voice!

Let ^bYour ears be attentive

To the ^cvoice of my supplications.

³If You should keep iniquities, O Yah,

O Lord, who could ^astand?

⁴But with You there is ^aforgiveness,

That You may be ^bfeared.

⁵I hope for Yahweh, my ^asoul does hope,

And ^bfor His word do I wait.

⁶My soul waits for the Lord

More than the watchmen ^afor the morning,

The watchmen for the morning.

⁷O Israel, ^await for Yahweh;

For with Yahweh there is ^blovingkindness,

And with Him is ^cabundant redemption.

⁸And it is He who will ^aredeem Israel

From all his iniquities.