Psalm 129

Prayer for the Overthrow of Zion’s Enemies.

¹“Many times they have attacked me from my youth up,”[#129:1 Lit Much]

Let Israel say,

²“Many times they have attacked me from my youth up;[#129:2 Lit Much]

Yet they have not prevailed against me.

³“The plowers plowed upon my back;

They lengthened their furrows.”

⁴The Lord is righteous;

He has cut up the ropes of the wicked.

⁵¶May all who hate Zion

Be put to shame and turned backward;

⁶May they be like grass upon the housetops,

Which withers before it grows up;

⁷With which the harvester does not fill his hand,[#129:7 Lit palm]

Or the binder of sheaves his arms;

⁸Nor do those who pass by say,

“The blessing of the Lord be upon you;

We bless you in the name of the Lord .”