Psalms 128-130

Psalm 128

¹A Song of the going up. Happy is the worshipper of the Lord, who is walking in his ways.

²You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you.

³Your wife will be like a fertile vine in the inmost parts of your house: your children will be like olive plants round your table.

⁴See! this is the blessing of the worshipper of the Lord.

⁵May the Lord send you blessing out of Zion: may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

⁶May you see your children's children. Peace be on Israel.

Psalm 129

¹A Song of the going up. Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say);

²Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young, but my troubles have not overcome me.

³The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made.

⁴The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.

⁵Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back.

⁶Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.

⁷He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.

⁸And those who go by do not say, The blessing of the Lord be on you; we give you blessing in the name of the Lord.

Psalm 130

¹A Song of the going up. Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord.

²Lord, let my voice come before you: let your ears be awake to the voice of my prayer.

³O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free?

⁴But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be feared.

⁵I am waiting for the Lord, my soul is waiting for him, and my hope is in his word.

⁶My soul is watching for the Lord more than those who are watching for the morning; yes, more than the watchers for the morning.

⁷O Israel, have hope in the Lord; for with the Lord is mercy and full salvation.

⁸And he will make Israel free from all his sins.