Psalm 129

English Standard Version

They Have Afflicted Me from My Youth

A Song of ^(A)Ascents.

129 “Greatly^[a] have they ^(B)afflicted me ^(C)from my youth”—
    ^(D)let Israel now say—
²“Greatly have they ^(E)afflicted me ^(F)from my youth,
    ^(G)yet they have not prevailed against me.
³^(H)The plowers plowed ^(I)upon my back;
    they made long their furrows.”
⁴The Lord is righteous;
    he has cut ^(J)the cords of the wicked.
⁵May all who hate Zion
    be ^(K)put to shame and turned backward!
⁶Let them be like ^(L)the grass on the housetops,
    which ^(M)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,
    ^(N)“The blessing of the Lord be upon you!
    We ^(O)bless you in the name of the Lord!”

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Psalm 129:1 Or Often; also verse 2

Psalm 130

English Standard Version

My Soul Waits for the Lord

A Song of ^(A)Ascents.

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

³If you, O Lord, should ^(E)mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could ^(F)stand?
⁴But with you there is ^(G)forgiveness,
^(H)that you may be feared.

⁵I ^(I)wait for the Lord, ^(J)my soul waits,
    and ^(K)in his word I hope;
⁶my soul ^(L)waits for the Lord
    more than ^(M)watchmen for ^(N)the morning,
    more than watchmen for the morning.

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

Psalm 131

English Standard Version

I Have Calmed and Quieted My Soul

A Song of ^(A)Ascents. Of David.

131 O Lord, my heart is not ^(B)lifted up;
    my eyes are not ^(C)raised too high;
I do not ^(D)occupy myself with things
    too great and ^(E)too marvelous for me.
²But I have calmed and quieted my soul,
    like a weaned ^(F)child with its mother;
    like a weaned child is my soul within me.