Psalm 129

Living Bible

129 Persecuted from my earliest youth (Israel is speaking), ² and faced with never-ending discrimination—but not destroyed! My enemies have never been able to finish me off!

^3-4 Though my back is cut to ribbons with their whips, the Lord is good. For he has snapped the chains that evil men had bound me with.

⁵ May all who hate the Jews be brought to ignominious defeat. ^6-7 May they be as grass in shallow soil, turning sere and yellow when half grown, ignored by the reaper, despised by the binder. ⁸ And may those passing by refuse to bless them by saying, “Jehovah’s blessings be upon you; we bless you in Jehovah’s name.”