Psalm 129

*A Song of degrees.

1  ||Many a time have they aafflicted me from bmy youth,

cMay Israel now say:

2  ||Many a time have they aafflicted me from my youth:

dYet they have not prevailed against me.

3  ddThe plowers plowed upon my back:

They made long their efurrows.

4  The Lord is righteous:

He hath cut asunder the fcords of the wicked.

5  Let them all be gconfounded and gturned back

That hate Zion.

6  Let them be has the igrass upon the housetops,

Which iwithereth afore it groweth up:

7  Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand;

Nor he that bindeth sheaves his kbosom.

8  Neither do they which go by say,

lThe blessing of the Lord be upon you:

mWe bless you in the name of the Lord.

Psalm 130

*A Song of degrees.

1  aOut of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.

2  Lord, hear my voice:

bLet thine ears be attentive to bbthe voice of my supplications.

3  If thou, cLord, shouldest dmark iniquities,

O Lord, ewho shall fstand?

4  But there is gforgiveness with thee,

hThat thou mayest be feared.

5  iI wait for the Lord, kmy soul doth wait,

And lin his word do I hope.

6  My soul waiteth for the Lord

More than they mthat watch for nthe morning:

||I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

7  oLet Israel hope in the Lord:

For pwith the Lord there is mercy,

And with him is plenteous redemption.

8  And qhe shall redeem Israel

From all his iniquities.