Psalm 129–131

¹A Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:

²Often they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me.

³Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.

⁴Jehovah is righteous, He hath cut asunder cords of the wicked.

⁵Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion.

⁶They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,

⁷That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

⁸And the passers by have not said, ‘The blessing of Jehovah is on you, We blessed you in the Name of Jehovah!’

Psalm 130

¹A Song of the Ascents. From depths I have called Thee, Jehovah.

²Lord, hearken to my voice, Thine ears are attentive to the voice of my supplications.

³If iniquities Thou dost observe, O Lord, who doth stand?

⁴But with Thee is forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared.

⁵I hoped for Jehovah—hoped hath my soul, And for His word I have waited.

⁶My soul is for the Lord, More than those watching for morning, Watching for morning!

⁷Israel doth wait on Jehovah, For with Jehovah is kindness, And abundant with Him is redemption.

⁸And He doth redeem Israel from all his iniquities!

Psalm 131

¹A Song of the Ascents, by David. Jehovah, my heart hath not been haughty, Nor have mine eyes been high, Nor have I walked in great things, And in things too wonderful for me.

²Have I not compared, and kept silent my soul, As a weaned one by its mother? As a weaned one by me is my soul.

³Israel doth wait on Jehovah, From henceforth, and unto the age!

Psalm 132