Psalm 129

New Century Version

A Prayer Against the Enemies

A song for going up to worship.

129 They have treated me badly all my life.
    (Let Israel repeat this.)
²They have treated me badly all my life,
    but they have not defeated me.
³Like farmers plowing, they plowed over my back,
    making long wounds.
⁴But the Lord does what is right;
    he has set me free from those wicked people.

⁵Let those who hate Jerusalem
    be turned back in shame.
⁶Let them be like the grass on the roof
    that dries up before it has grown.
⁷There is not enough of it to fill a hand
    or to make into a bundle to fill one’s arms.
⁸Let those who pass by them not say,
    “May the Lord bless you.
    We bless you by the power of the Lord.”