Psalm 129 (NASB2020)

Psalm 129

Prayer for the Overthrow of Zion’s Enemies.

A Song of Ascents.

1“129:1 Lit MuchMany times they have attacked me from my youth up,”

Let Israel say,

2“129:2 Lit MuchMany times they have attacked me from my youth up;

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 129:6 Lit draws outgrows up;

7With which the harvester does not fill his 129:7 Lit palmhand,

Or the binder of sheaves his 129:7 Lit the fold of his robearms;

8Nor do those who pass by say,

“The blessing of the Lord be upon you;

We bless you in the name of the Lord.”

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