Psalms 129

¹“Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up,” Let Israel now say, ²“Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up; Yet they have not prevailed against me. ³The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows.” ⁴The Lord is righteous; He has cut in two the cords of the wicked. ⁵May all who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned backward; ⁶Let them be like grass upon the housetops, Which withers before it grows up; ⁷With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Or the binder of sheaves his bosom; ⁸Nor do those who pass by say, “The blessing of the Lord be upon you; We bless you in the name of the Lord.”