<Psalms 129

[1] “Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up,” Let Israel now say,

[2] “Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up; Yet they have not prevailed against me.

[3] The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows.”

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

[5] May all who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned backward;

[6] Let them be like grass upon the housetops, Which withers before it grows up;

[7] With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Or the binder of sheaves his bosom;

[8] Nor do those who pass by say, “The blessing of the LORD be upon you; We bless you in the name of the LORD.”