Psalm 129-132

New American Standard Bible

Prayer for the Overthrow of Zion’s Enemies.

A Song of Ascents.

129 “^[a]Many times they have ^(A)attacked me from my ^(B)youth up,”
^(C)Let Israel say,
²“^[b]Many times they have attacked me from my youth up;
Yet they have ^(D)not prevailed against me.
³The plowers plowed upon my back;
They lengthened their furrows.”
⁴The Lord ^(E)is righteous;
He has cut up the ^(F)ropes of the wicked.

⁵May all who ^(G)hate Zion
Be ^(H)put to shame and turned backward;
⁶May they be like ^(I)grass upon the housetops,
Which withers before it ^[c]grows up;
⁷With which the harvester does not fill his ^[d]hand,
Or the binder of sheaves his ^[e]^(J)arms;
⁸Nor do those who pass by say,
“The ^(K)blessing of the Lord be upon you;
We bless you in the name of the Lord.”

Hope in the Lord’s Forgiving Love.

A Song of Ascents.

130 Out of the ^(L)depths I have cried to You, Lord.
²Lord, ^(M)hear my voice!
Let ^(N)Your ears be attentive
To the ^(O)sound of my pleadings.
³If You, ^[f]Lord, were to keep account of guilty deeds,
Lord, who could ^(P)stand?
⁴But there is ^(Q)forgiveness with You,
So that You may be ^[g]^(R)revered.

⁵I wait for the Lord, my ^(S)soul waits,
And I ^[h]wait ^(T)for His word.
⁶My soul waits in hope for the Lord
More than the watchmen ^(U)for the morning;
Yes, more than the watchmen for the morning.
⁷Israel, ^(V)wait for the Lord;
For with the Lord there is ^(W)mercy,
And with Him is ^(X)abundant redemption.
⁸And He will ^(Y)redeem Israel
From all his guilty deeds.

Childlike Trust in the Lord.

A Song of Ascents, of David.

131 Lord, my heart is not ^(Z)proud, nor my eyes ^(AA)arrogant;
Nor do I ^[i]involve myself in ^(AB)great matters,
Or in things ^(AC)too ^[j]difficult for me.
²I have certainly ^(AD)soothed and quieted my soul;
Like a weaned ^(AE)child resting ^[k]against his mother,
My soul ^[l]within me is like a weaned child.
³Israel, ^(AF)wait for the Lord
^(AG)From this time on and forever.

Prayer for the Lord’s Blessing upon the Sanctuary.

A Song of Ascents.

132 Remember, Lord, in David’s behalf,
All ^(AH)his affliction;
²How he swore to the Lord
And vowed to ^(AI)the Mighty One of Jacob,
³“I certainly will not ^[m]enter ^(AJ)my house,
Nor ^[n]lie on my bed;
⁴I will not ^(AK)give sleep to my eyes
Or slumber to my eyelids,
⁵Until I find a ^(AL)place for the Lord,
^[o]A dwelling place for ^(AM)the Mighty One of Jacob.”

⁶Behold, we heard about it in ^(AN)Ephrathah,
We found it in the ^(AO)field of ^[p]Jaar.
⁷Let’s go into His ^[q]^(AP)dwelling place;
Let’s ^(AQ)worship at His ^(AR)footstool.
⁸^(AS)Arise, Lord, to Your ^(AT)resting place,
You and the ark of Your ^(AU)strength.
⁹May Your priests be ^(AV)clothed with righteousness,
And may Your ^(AW)godly ones sing for joy.

¹⁰For the sake of Your servant David,
Do not turn away the face of Your ^(AX)anointed.
¹¹The Lord has ^(AY)sworn to David
A truth from which He will not turn back:
“I will set upon your throne one ^(AZ)from the fruit of your body.
¹²If your sons will keep My covenant
And My testimony which I will teach them,
Their sons also will ^(BA)sit upon your throne forever.”

¹³For the Lord has ^(BB)chosen Zion;
He has ^(BC)desired it as His dwelling place.
¹⁴“This is My ^(BD)resting place forever;
Here I will ^(BE)dwell, for I have desired it.
¹⁵I will abundantly ^(BF)bless her food;
I will ^(BG)satisfy her needy with bread.
¹⁶I will also clothe her ^(BH)priests with salvation,
And her ^(BI)godly ones will sing aloud for joy.
¹⁷I will make the ^(BJ)horn of David spring forth there;
I have prepared a ^(BK)lamp for My anointed.
¹⁸I will ^(BL)clothe his enemies with shame,
But upon himself his ^(BM)crown will gleam.”