Psalm 129¹⁴

A song of ascents¹⁵
129:1 “Since my youth they have often attacked me,”
let Israel say.
129:2 “Since my youth they have often attacked me,
but they have not defeated me.
129:3 The plowers plowed by back,
they made their furrows long.
129:4 The LORD is just;
he cut the ropes of the wicked.”¹
129:5 May all who hate Zion
be humiliated and turned back!
129:6 May they be like the grass on the rooftops
which withers before one can even pull it up,²
129:7 which cannot fill the reaper’s hand,
or the lap of the one who gathers the grain!
129:8 Those who pass by will not say,³
“May you experience the LORD’s blessing!
We pronounce a blessing on you in the name of the LORD.”