Psalms 129
129
Victory Over the Enemies of Zion
A song of ascents.#The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm
1“Too often#Or “Greatly” they have attacked me from my youth.”
Let Israel say,
2“Too often#Or “Greatly” they have attacked me from my youth,
yet they have not prevailed against me.
3On my back plowmen have plowed.
They have made their furrows#According to the reading tradition (Qere) long.”
4Yahweh is righteous.
He has cut the ropes#That is, the yoke and tackle on a beast of burden of the wicked.
5Let all be put to shame and repulsed
who hate Zion.
6Let them be like grass on the housetops,
that withers before it grows up,
7with which a reaper cannot fill his hand,
nor the binder of sheaves his arms,#Literally “bosom”
8so that passersby do not say,
“The blessing of Yahweh be upon you.
We bless you in the name of Yahweh.”
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Psalms 129
129
(A song for worship.)
A Prayer for Protection
1Since the time I was young,
enemies have often attacked!
Let everyone in Israel say:
2“Since the time I was young,
enemies have often attacked!
But they have not defeated me,
3though my back is like a field
that has just been plowed.”
4The Lord always does right,
and he has set me free
from the ropes
of those cruel people.
5I pray that all who hate
the city of Zion
will be made ashamed
and forced to turn and run.
6May they be like grass
on the flat roof of a house,
grass that dries up
as soon as it sprouts.
7Don't let them be like wheat
gathered in bundles.
8And don't let anyone
who passes by say to them,
“The Lord bless you!
I give you my blessing
in the name of the Lord.”
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