Psalms 129

1 Since the time I was young, enemies have often attacked! Let everyone in Israel say:

2 “Since the time I was young, enemies have often attacked! But they have not defeated me,

3 though my back is like a field that has just been plowed.”

4 The Lord always does right, and he has set me free from the ropes of those cruel people.

5 I pray that all who hate the city of Zion will be made ashamed and forced to turn and run.

6 May they be like grass on the flat roof of a house, grass that dries up as soon as it sprouts.

7 Don't let them be like wheat gathered in bundles.

8 And don't let anyone who passes by say to them, “The Lord bless you! I give you my blessing in the name of the Lord.”