Psalm 129

English Standard Version

129 “Greatly^[a] have they ^(B)afflicted me ^(C)from my youth”—
    ^(D)let Israel now say—
² “Greatly have they ^(E)afflicted me ^(F)from my youth,
    ^(G)yet they have not prevailed against me.
^3 (H)The plowers plowed ^(I)upon my back;
    they made long their furrows.”
⁴ The Lord is righteous;
    he has cut ^(J)the cords of the wicked.
⁵ May all who hate Zion
    be ^(K)put to shame and turned backward!
⁶ Let them be like ^(L)the grass on the housetops,
    which ^(M)withers before it grows up,
⁷ with which the reaper does not fill his hand
    nor the binder of sheaves his arms,
⁸ nor do those who pass by say,
    ^(N)“The blessing of the Lord be upon you!
    We ^(O)bless you in the name of the Lord!”