Judaism
Psalms 129
Text
1
A Song of Ascents. 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up', Let Israel now say;
2
'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up; But they have not prevailed against me.
3
The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.
4
The LORD is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.'
5
Let them be ashamed and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.
6
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth afore it springeth up;
7
Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
8
Neither do they that go by say: ‘The blessing of the LORD be upon you; We bless you in the name of the LORD.'
Text: The Holy Scriptures, Jewish Publication Society (1917), public domain, via Sefaria.