Psalm 129

Psalm 129

A song of ascents.

“They have greatly oppressed^a me from my youth,”^b

let Israel say;^c

“they have greatly oppressed me from my youth,

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

Plowmen have plowed my back

and made their furrows long.

But the Lord is righteous;^e

he has cut me free^f from the cords of the wicked.”^g

May all who hate Zion^h

be turned back in shame.ⁱ

May they be like grass on the roof,^j

which withers^k before it can grow;

reapers cannot fill their hands with it,^l

nor those who gather fill their arms.

May those who pass by not say to them,

“The blessing of the Lord be on you;

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