Psalms 129

Often they have afflicted me

A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare— ²many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me. ³The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.a

⁴The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked. ⁵May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame. ⁶May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow, ⁷unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.

⁸May none who pass by say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.”