Psalms 129

Song of Victory over Zion’s Enemies

A Song of Ascents.¹“Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth,” Let Israel now say— ²“Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth; Yet they have not prevailed against me. ³The plowers plowed on my back; They made their furrows long.” ⁴The Lord is righteous; He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked. ⁵Let all those who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned back. ⁶Let them be as the grass on the housetops, Which withers before it grows up, ⁷With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Nor he who binds sheaves, his arms. ⁸Neither let those who pass by them say, “The blessing of the Lord be upon you; We bless you in the name of the Lord!”