Chapter 129

129:1Since my youth they have often attacked me-
let Israel say-
2Since my youth they have often attacked me,
but they have not prevailed against me.
3Plowmen plowed over my back;
they made their furrows long.
4The Lord is righteous;
He has cut the ropes of the wicked.
5Let all who hate Zion
be driven back in disgrace.
6Let them be like grass on the rooftops,
which withers before it grows up
7and can't even fill the hands of the reaper
or the arms of the one who binds sheaves.
8Then none who pass by will say,
"May the Lord's blessing be on you."
We bless you in the name of Yahweh.

Chapter 130

130:1Out of the depths I call to You, Yahweh!
2Lord, listen to my voice;
let Your ears be attentive
to my cry for help.
3Yahweh, if You considered sins,
Lord, who could stand?
4But with You there is forgiveness,
so that You may be revered.
5I wait for Yahweh; I wait
and put my hope in His word.
6I wait for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning-
more than watchmen for the morning.
7Israel, put your hope in the Lord.
For there is faithful love with the Lord,
and with Him is redemption in abundance.
8And He will redeem Israel
from all its sins.

Chapter 131

131:1Lord, my heart is not proud;
my eyes are not haughty.
I do not get involved with things
too great or too difficult for me.
2Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself
like a little weaned child with its mother;
I am like a little child.
3Israel, put your hope in the Lord,
both now and forever.