May those who Hate Zion, Feel the Shame (Psalm 129) Lyrics

Greatly they've afflicted me from my youth

Let Israel now say, let Israel say

Greatly they've afflicted me from my youth

But they have not won, they have not held sway

Through trials, through suffering, we've stood our ground

Though they tried to break us, we won't back down

The plowers, they plowed upon my back

Long were the furrows, but I did not crack

The Lord is righteous, He cuts their cords

The wicked's chains, they fall to the floor

May those who hate Zion, feel the shame

Turn them back, in the Lord's great name

Like grass on the rooftops, they fade in the sun

Before they can grow, before they've begun

With the reaper does not fill his hand

Nor the binder of sheaves his empty arms stand

The Lord will rise, His justice will come

His power will silence every tongue

Like grass on the rooftops, they fade from sight

The righteous will stand in the Lord's pure light

The Lord is righteous, He cuts their cords

The wicked's chains, they fall to the floor

May those who hate Zion, feel the shame

Turn them back, in the Lord's great name

Those who pass by, they will not say"The blessing of the Lord be upon your way!"

No, we bless you, we bless you in His name

The Lord is our strength, and He is our claim

The Lord is righteous, He cuts their cords

The wicked's chains, they fall to the floor

May those who hate Zion, feel the shame

Turn them back, in the Lord's great name.