Psalm 129

Psalm 129 – A Prayer for the Discomfiture of the Enemies of Zion

A song of ascents.

1“Sore have they vexed me from youth”

thus let Israel say

2“Sore have they vexed me from youth,

but they have not prevailed against me.

3“The ploughers ploughed on my back,

they made their furrows long.

4But the Lord, who is righteous, has cut

the cords of the wicked.”

5Let all who are haters of Zion

be put to shame and defeated.

6May they be as the grass on the house-top,

which withers before it shoots up;

7which fills not the arms of the reaper,

nor the lap of the binder of sheaves

8whereof no one says as they pass,

“The blessing of God be upon you.”

In the name of the Lord we bless you.