Psalm 129

Psalm 129

A song of ascents.

¹“They have greatly oppressed^r me from my youth,”^s

let Israel say;^t

²“they have greatly oppressed me from my youth,

but they have not gained the victory^u over me.

³Plowmen have plowed my back

and made their furrows long.

⁴But the Lord is righteous;^v

he has cut me free^w from the cords of the wicked.”^x

⁵May all who hate Zion^y

be turned back in shame.^z

⁶May they be like grass on the roof,^a

which withers^b before it can grow;

⁷a reaper cannot fill his hands with it,^c

nor one who gathers fill his arms.

⁸May those who pass by not say to them,

“The blessing of the Lord be on you;

we bless you^d in the name of the Lord.”