Psalm 129

The Cords of the Wicked

A song of ascents.

¹ Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare—

² many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.

³ The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.

⁴ The LORD is righteous; He has cut me 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 rooftops, which withers before it can grow,

⁷ unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.

⁸ May none who pass by say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.”