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1 "From the time I was young, people have attacked me..." (Israel should repeat this.)

2 "From the time I was young, people have attacked me, but they have never overpowered me.

3 They have plowed my back [like farmers plow fields]. They made long slashes [like furrows]."

4 The LORD is righteous. He has cut me loose from the ropes that wicked people tied around me.

5 Put to shame all those who hate Zion. Force them to retreat.

6 Make them be like grass on a roof, like grass that dries up before it produces a stalk.

7 It will never fill the barns of those who harvest or the arms of those who gather bundles.

8 Those who pass by will never say [to them], "May you be blessed by the LORD" or "We bless you in the name of the LORD."

1 O LORD, out of the depths I call to you.

2 O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be open to my pleas for mercy.

3 O LORD, who would be able to stand if you kept a record of sins?

4 But with you there is forgiveness so that you can be feared.

5 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and with hope I wait for his word.

6 My soul waits for the LORD more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning.

7 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, because with the LORD there is mercy and with him there is unlimited forgiveness.

8 He will rescue Israel from all its sins.

1 O LORD, my heart is not conceited. My eyes do not look down on others. I am not involved in things too big or too difficult for me.

2 Instead, I have kept my soul calm and quiet. My soul is content as a weaned child is content in its mother's arms.

3 Israel, put your hope in the LORD now and forever.

Psalms 129; Psalms 130; Psalms 131