Psalm 129

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.”