129 Sæpe expugnaverunt
1“Greatly have they oppressed me since my youth,” *
let Israel now say;
2“Greatly have they oppressed me since my youth, *
but they have not prevailed against me.”
3The plowmen plowed upon my back *
and made their furrows long.
4The Lord, the Righteous One, *
has cut the cords of the wicked.
5Let them be put to shame and thrown back, *
all those who are enemies of Zion.
6Let them be like grass upon the housetops, *
which withers before it can be plucked;
7Which does not fill the hand of the reaper, *
nor the bosom of him who binds the sheaves;
8So that those who go by say not so much as,
“The Lord prosper you. *
We wish you well in the Name of the Lord.”
130 De profundis
1Out of the depths have I called to you, O Lord;
Lord, hear my voice; *
let your ears consider well the voice of my supplication.
2If you, Lord, were to note what is done amiss, *
O Lord, who could stand?
3For there is forgiveness with you; *
therefore you shall be feared.
784 Psalms 129, 130
