ascents

Psalm 129 Song of Victory over Zion’s Enemies

Psalm 129:1-8 Song of Victory over Zion’s Enemies
A Song of Ascents.

Psalm 129:1-4
1 “Many a time they have afflicted (persecuted) me from my youth,”
Let Israel now say—
2
“Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth;
Yet they have not prevailed against me.
3
The plowers plowed on my back;
They made their furrows long.”
4
The Lord is righteous;
He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked.

Psalm 129:5-8
5
Let all those who hate Zion
Be put to shame and turned back.
6
Let them be as the grass on the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up,
7
With which the reaper does not fill his hand,
Nor he who binds sheaves, his arms.
8
Neither let those who pass by them say,
“The blessing of the Lord be upon you;
We bless you in the name of the Lord!”