Lectionary Calendar
Monday, May 6th, 2024
the Sixth Week after Easter
Attention!

Read the Bible

Contemporary English Version

Psalms 129

(A song for worship.)

A Prayer for Protection

1 Since the time I was young,
    enemies have often attacked!
Let everyone in Israel say:
2 "Since the time I was young,
    enemies have often attacked!
But they have not defeated me,
3 though my back is like a field
    that has just been plowed."

4 The Lord always does right,
    and he has set me free
    from the ropes
    of those cruel people.
5 I pray that all who hate
    the city of Zion
    will be made ashamed
    and forced to turn and run.
6 May they be like grass
    on the flat roof of a house,
    grass that dries up
    as soon as it sprouts.
7 Don't let them be like wheat
    gathered in bundles.
8     And don't let anyone
who passes by say to them,
    "The Lord bless you!
    I give you my blessing
    in the name of the Lord."

 
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