Psa 129 | LEB | STEP | A song of ascents. “Too often they have attacked me from my youth.” Let Israel say,

Psalms 129

Victory Over the Enemies of Zion

A song of ascents. ^{▼▼The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm}

1 “Too often ^{▼▼Or “Greatly”} they have attacked me from my youth.”
Let Israel say,
2 “Too often ^{▼▼Or “Greatly”} they have attacked me from my youth,
yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 On my back plowmen have plowed.
They have made their furrows ^{▼▼According to the reading tradition (Qere)} long.”
4 Yahweh is righteous.
He has cut the ropes ^{▼▼That is, the yoke and tackle on a beast of burden} of the wicked.
5 Let all be put to shame and repulsed
who hate Zion.
6 Let them be like grass on the housetops,
that withers before it grows up,
7 with which a reaper cannot fill his hand,
nor the binder of sheaves his ⌞arms⌟, ^{▼▼Literally “bosom”}
8 so that passersby do not say,
“The blessing of Yahweh be upon you.
We bless you in the name of Yahweh.”

Psalms 129

Victory Over the Enemies of Zion

A song of ascents. ▼▼The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm

A song of ascents. ^{▼▼The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm}