Psalm 128-130

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Blessed Is Everyone Who Fears the Lord

A Song of ^(A)Ascents.

128 ^(B)Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,
who ^(C)walks in his ways!
²You ^(D)shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.

³Your wife will be like ^(E)a fruitful vine
    within your house;
your children will be like ^(F)olive shoots
    around your table.
⁴Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
    who fears the Lord.

⁵^(G)The Lord bless you ^(H)from Zion!
    May you see ^(I)the prosperity of Jerusalem
    all the days of your life!
⁶May you see your ^(J)children's children!
    ^(K)Peace be upon Israel!

They Have Afflicted Me from My Youth

A Song of ^(L)Ascents.

129 “Greatly^[a] have they ^(M)afflicted me ^(N)from my youth”—
    ^(O)let Israel now say—
²“Greatly have they ^(P)afflicted me ^(Q)from my youth,
    ^(R)yet they have not prevailed against me.
³^(S)The plowers plowed ^(T)upon my back;
    they made long their furrows.”
⁴The Lord is righteous;
    he has cut ^(U)the cords of the wicked.
⁵May all who hate Zion
    be ^(V)put to shame and turned backward!
⁶Let them be like ^(W)the grass on the housetops,
    which ^(X)withers before it grows up,
⁷with which the reaper does not fill his hand
    nor the binder of sheaves his arms,
⁸nor do those who pass by say,
    ^(Y)“The blessing of the Lord be upon you!
    We ^(Z)bless you in the name of the Lord!”

My Soul Waits for the Lord

A Song of ^(AA)Ascents.

130 Out of ^(AB)the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
² O Lord, hear my voice!
^(AC)Let your ears be attentive
to ^(AD)the voice of my pleas for mercy!

³If you, O Lord, should ^(AE)mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could ^(AF)stand?
⁴But with you there is ^(AG)forgiveness,
^(AH)that you may be feared.

⁵I ^(AI)wait for the Lord, ^(AJ)my soul waits,
    and ^(AK)in his word I hope;
⁶my soul ^(AL)waits for the Lord
    more than ^(AM)watchmen for ^(AN)the morning,
    more than watchmen for the morning.

⁷O Israel, ^(AO)hope in the Lord!
    For ^(AP)with the Lord there is steadfast love,
    and with him is plentiful redemption.
⁸And he will ^(AQ)redeem Israel
    from all his iniquities.