129 ⁽⁰⁾ A song of ascents:

⁽¹⁾ Since I was young they have often attacked me —
let Isra’el repeat it —
² since I was young they have often attacked me,
but they haven’t overcome me.

³ The plowmen plowed on my back;
wounding me with long furrows.
⁴ But Adonai is righteous;
he cuts me free from the yoke of the wicked.

⁵ Let all who hate Tziyon
be thrown back in confusion.
⁶ Let them be like grass on the roof,
which dries out before it grows up
⁷ and never fills the reaper’s hands
or the arms of the one who binds sheaves,
⁸ so that no passer-by says,
“Adonai’s blessing on you!
We bless you in the name of Adonai!”