<Psalms 129

[1] Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare—

[2] many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.

[3] The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.

[4] The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.

[5] May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

[6] May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,

[7] unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.

[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.”