1 PSALM 129 Prayer for the Overthrow of Zion’s Enemies. A Song of Ascents. “Many times they have persecuted me (Israel) from my youth,”Let Israel now say,
2 “Many times they have persecuted me from my youth,Yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 The [enemies, like] plowers plowed on my back;They made their furrows [of suffering] long [in Israel].”
4 The Lis righteous;He has cut in two the [thick] cords of the wicked [which enslaved the people of Israel].
5 May all who hate ZionBe put to shame and turned backward [in defeat].
6 Let them be like the grass on the housetops,Which 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,“The blessing of the Lbe upon you;We bless you in the name of the L.”