Psa 129 | HCSB | STEP | A song of ascents . Since my youth they have often attacked me

Psalms 129

Protection of the Oppressed

1 A ^{▼▼song of ascents: Probably the songs pilgrims sang as they traveled the roads going up to worship in Jerusalem; Pss 120-134}song of ascents.

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

5 Let all who hate ^{▼▼Zion: Originally a term for the fortified section of Jerusalem and then, by extension, used for the temple and the city of Jerusalem both in the present time and in the future}Zion
be driven back in disgrace. ^f
6 Let them be like grass on the rooftops,
which withers before it grows up ^{▼▼Or it can be pulled out
,} ^h
7 and can’t even fill the hands of the reaper
or the arms of the one who binds sheaves. ⁱ
8 Then none who pass by will say,
“May the Lord’s blessing be on you.”

We bless you in the name of ^{▼▼Yahweh/Yah: Or The Lord; the personal name of God in Hebrew; "Yah" is the shortened form of the name.}Yahweh. ^k