Psalm 129–131

PSALM 129

A Song of Ascents.

¹“Sorely have they afflicted me from my youth,”

let Israel now say—

²“Sorely have they afflicted me from my youth,

yet they have not prevailed against me.

³The plowers plowed upon my back;

they made long their furrows.”

⁴The Lord is righteous;

he has cut the cords of the wicked.

⁵May all who hate Zion

be put to shame and turned backward!

⁶Let them be like the grass on the housetops,

which withers before it grows up,

⁷with which the reaper does not fill his hand

or the binder of sheaves his bosom,

⁸while those who pass by do not say,

“The blessing of the Lord be upon you!

We bless you in the name of the Lord!”

PSALM 130

A Song of Ascents.

¹Out of the depths I cry to thee, O Lord!

²Lord, hear my voice!

Let thy ears be attentive

to the voice of my supplications!

³If thou, O Lord, shouldst mark iniquities,

Lord, who could stand?

⁴But there is forgiveness with thee,

that thou mayest be feared.

⁵I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,

and in his word I hope;

⁶my soul waits for the Lord

more than watchmen for the morning,

more than watchmen for the morning.

⁷O Israel, hope in the Lord!

For with the Lord there is steadfast love,

and with him is plenteous redemption.

⁸And he will redeem Israel

from all his iniquities.

PSALM 131

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

¹O Lord, my heart is not lifted up,

my eyes are not raised too high;

I do not occupy myself with things

too great and too marvelous for me.

²But I have calmed and quieted my soul,

like a child quieted at its mother’s breast;

like a child that is quieted is my soul.

³O Israel, hope in the Lord

from this time forth and for evermore.