Psalms 129

¹Psalms 129:1. A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth—let Israel now declare—²Psalms 129:2. many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.³Psalms 129:3. The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.⁴Psalms 129:4. The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.⁵Psalms 129:5. May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.⁶Psalms 129:6. May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,⁷Psalms 129:7. unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.⁸Psalms 129:8. May none who pass by say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.”