128:3. The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity.
128:4. The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners:
128:5. Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion.
128:6. Let them be as grass upon the tops of houses: which withereth before it be plucked up:
128:7. Who with the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.
128:8. And they that passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.
Psalms Chapter 129
De profundis.
A prayer of a sinner, trusting in the mercies of God. The sixth penitential psalm.
129:1. A gradual canticle. Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord: