Psalm 129

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Psalm 129 New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 129

A song of ascents.

¹“They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,”
    let Israel say;
²“they have greatly oppressed me from my youth,
    but they have not gained the victory over me.
³Plowmen have plowed my back
    and made their furrows long.
⁴But the Lord is righteous;
    he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.”

⁵May all who hate Zion
    be turned back in shame.
⁶May they be like grass on the roof,
    which withers before it can grow;
⁷a reaper cannot fill his hands with it,
    nor one who gathers fill his arms.
⁸May those who pass by not say to them,
    “The blessing of the Lord be on you;
    we bless you in the name of the Lord.”