Psalm 129 - New International Version (Anglicised)

Psalm 129

A song of ascents.

¹ ‘They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,’ let Israel say;

² ‘they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.

³ Ploughmen have ploughed my back and made their furrows long.

⁴ But the Lord is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.’

⁵ May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

⁶ May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;

⁷ a reaper cannot fill his hands with it, nor one who gathers fill his arms.

⁸ May those who pass by not say to them, ‘The blessing of the Lord be on you; we bless you in the name of the Lord.’