Psalms 130

DOUAI-RHEIMS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.	1 A Canticle in steps: of David. O Lord, my heart has not been exalted, and my eyes have not been raised up. Neither have I walked in greatness, nor in wonders beyond me.
2 Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me.	2 When I was not humble in thought, then I lifted up my soul. Like one who has been weaned from his mother, so was I recompensed in my soul.
3 The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity.	3 Let Israel hope in the Lord, from this time forward and even forever.
4 The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners:
5 let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion.
6 Let them be as grass on the tops of houses: which withered before it be plucked up:
7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.
8 And they that have passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.