Psalm 129

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Psalm 129 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Psalm 129

Protection of the Oppressed

A song of ascents.

¹Since my youth they have often attacked me—
let Israel say—
²Since my youth they have often attacked me,
but they have not prevailed against me.
³Plowmen plowed over my back;
they made their furrows long.
⁴The Lord is righteous;
He has cut the ropes of the wicked.

⁵Let all who hate Zion
be driven back in disgrace.
⁶Let them be like grass on the rooftops,
which withers before it grows up^[a]
⁷and can’t even fill the hands of the reaper
or the arms of the one who binds sheaves.
⁸Then none who pass by will say,
“May the Lord’s blessing be on you.”