Chapter 129

Prayer for the Overthrow of Zion’s Enemies.

¹ “Many times they have attacked me from my youth up,” Let Israel say,

² “Many times they have attacked me from my youth up; Yet they have not prevailed against me.

³ “The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows.”

⁴ The Lord is righteous; He has cut up the ropes of the wicked.

⁵ May all who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned backward;

⁶ May they be like grass upon the housetops, Which withers before it grows up;

⁷ With which the harvester does not fill his hand, Or the binder of sheaves his arms;

⁸ Nor do those who pass by say, “The blessing of the Lord be upon you; We bless you in the name of the Lord.”