Psalm 129

Good News Translation

² “Ever since I was young,
    my enemies have persecuted me cruelly,
    but they have not overcome me.
³ They cut deep wounds in my back
    and made it like a plowed field.
⁴ But the Lord, the righteous one,
    has freed me from slavery.”

⁵ May everyone who hates Zion
    be defeated and driven back.
⁶ May they all be like grass growing on the housetops,
    which dries up before it can grow;
⁷     no one gathers it up
    or carries it away in bundles.
⁸ No one who passes by will say,
    “May the Lord bless you!
    We bless you in the name of the Lord.”