<Psalm 129

[1] I have had many enemies all my life. Tell us about those enemies, Israel.

[2] I have had many enemies all my life. But they never won.

[3] They beat me until I had deep cuts in my back. I had long and deep wounds.

[4] But the good Lord cut the ropes and set me free from those evil people.

[5] The people who hated Zion were defeated. They stopped fighting and ran away.

[6] Those people were like grass on the roof. That grass dies before it has time to grow.

[7] A worker can’t get a handful of that grass. There is not enough for a pile of grain.

[8] People walking by them will not say, ”May the Lord bless you.” People will not greet them and say, ”We bless you in the name of the Lord.”