Psalm 129:1-8 GNT

[1] Israel, tell us how your enemies have persecuted you ever since you were young. [2] "Ever since I was young, my enemies have persecuted me cruelly, but they have not overcome me. [3] They cut deep wounds in my back and made it like a plowed field. [4] But the LORD, the righteous one, has freed me from slavery." [5] May everyone who hates Zion be defeated and driven back. [6] May they all be like grass growing on the housetops, which dries up before it can grow; [7] no one gathers it up or carries it away in bundles. [8] No one who passes by will say, "May the LORD bless you! We bless you in the name of the LORD."