Blessedness of the Fear of the Lord.

A Song of Ascents.

128 (A)Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,
Who (B)walks in His ways.
When you (C)eat the (D)fruit of the labor of your hands,
You will be happy and (E)it will go well for you.
Your wife will be like a (F)fruitful vine
[a]Within your house,
Your children like (G)olive plants
Around your table.
Behold, for so shall a man
Who fears the Lord be blessed.

(H)The Lord bless you (I)from Zion,
And may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
Indeed, may you see your (J)children’s children.
(K)Peace be upon Israel!

Prayer for the Overthrow of Zion’s Enemies.

A Song of Ascents.

129 [b]Many times they have (L)attacked me from my (M)youth up,”
(N)Let Israel say,
[c]Many times they have attacked me from my youth up;
Yet they have (O)not prevailed against me.
The plowers plowed upon my back;
They lengthened their furrows.”
The Lord (P)is righteous;
He has cut up the (Q)ropes of the wicked.

May all who (R)hate Zion
Be (S)put to shame and turned backward;
May they be like (T)grass upon the housetops,
Which withers before it [d]grows up;
With which the harvester does not fill his [e]hand,
Or the binder of sheaves his [f](U)arms;
Nor do those who pass by say,
“The (V)blessing of the Lord be upon you;
We bless you in the name of the Lord.”

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 128:3 Lit In the innermost parts of
  2. Psalm 129:1 Lit Much
  3. Psalm 129:2 Lit Much
  4. Psalm 129:6 Lit draws out
  5. Psalm 129:7 Lit palm
  6. Psalm 129:7 Lit the fold of his robe

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