Psalms 129

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 A Canticle in steps. From the depths, I have cried out to you, O Lord.	1 A Song of Ascents."Sorely have they afflicted me from my youth," let Israel now say--
2 O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.	2 "Sorely have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 If you, O Lord, were to heed iniquities, who, O Lord, could persevere?	3 The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows."
4 For with you, there is forgiveness, and because of your law, I persevered with you, Lord. My soul has persevered in his word.	4 The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.
5 My soul has hoped in the Lord.	5 May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward!
6 From the morning watch, even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord.	6 Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
7 For with the Lord there is mercy, and with him there is bountiful redemption.	7 with which the reaper does not fill his hand or the binder of sheaves his bosom,
8 And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.	8 while those who pass by do not say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you! We bless you in the name of the LORD!"