Psalm 128–130

PSALM 128

Blessedness of the Fear of the Lord.

A Song of Ascents.

^1aHow blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,

Who ^bwalks in His ways.

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

You will be happy and ^cit will be well with you.

³Your wife shall be like a ^afruitful vine

¹Within your house,

Your children like ^bolive plants

Around your table.

⁴Behold, for thus shall the man be blessed

Who fears the Lord.

^5aThe Lord bless you ^bfrom Zion,

And may you 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

Prayer for the Overthrow of Zion’s Enemies.

A Song of Ascents.

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

^cLet Israel now say,

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

Yet they have ^anot prevailed against me.

³“The plowers plowed upon my back;

They lengthened their furrows.”

⁴The Lord ^ais righteous;

He has cut in two the ^bcords of the wicked.

⁵May all who ^ahate Zion

Be ^bput to shame and turned backward;

⁶Let them be like ^agrass upon the housetops,

Which withers before it ¹grows up;

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

Or the binder of sheaves his ^abosom;

⁸Nor do those who pass by say,

“The ^ablessing of the Lord be upon you;

We bless you in the name of the Lord.”

PSALM 130

Hope in the Lord’s Forgiving Love.

A Song of Ascents.

¹Out of the ^adepths I have cried to You, O Lord.

²Lord, ^ahear my voice!

Let ^bYour ears be attentive

To the ^cvoice of my supplications.

³If You, ¹Lord, should mark iniquities,

O Lord, who could ^astand?

⁴But there is ^aforgiveness with You,

That You may be ^bfeared.

⁵I wait for the Lord, my ^asoul does wait,

And ^1bin His word do I hope.

⁶My soul waits for the Lord

More than the watchmen ^afor the morning;

Indeed, more than the watchmen for the morning.

⁷O Israel, ^ahope in the Lord;

For with the Lord there is ^blovingkindness,

And with Him is ^cabundant redemption.

⁸And He will ^aredeem Israel

From all his iniquities.