Psalm 129
Many a time from my youth upward
have they fought against me
: now may Israel say,
Many a time from my youth upward
have they fought against me
: but they have not prevailed.
They have scored my back as with a ploughshare
: they have opened long furrows.
But the Lord is righteous
: and he has cut me free from the thongs of the wicked.
They shall be confounded and turned backward
: all those who hate Zion.
They shall be as the grass that grows upon the housetops
: which withers before it comes to any good,
With which no reaper may fill his hand
: nor the binder of sheaves his bosom.
And none who pass by shall say to them
‘The blessing of the Lord be upon you
: we bless you in the name of the Lord.’