Psalm 129

GOD’S WORD Translation

129 “From the time I was young, people have attacked me …”
(Israel should repeat this.)
² “From the time I was young, people have attacked me,
but they have never overpowered me.
³ They have plowed my back ⌞like farmers plow fields⌟.
They made long slashes ⌞like furrows⌟.”
⁴ The Lord is righteous.
He has cut me loose
from the ropes that wicked people tied around me.
⁵ Put to shame all those who hate Zion.
Force them to retreat.
⁶ Make them be like grass on a roof,
like grass that dries up before it produces a stalk.
⁷ It will never fill the barns of those who harvest
or the arms of those who gather bundles.
⁸ Those who pass by will never say ⌞to them⌟,
“May you be blessed by the Lord”
or “We bless you in the name of the Lord.”