Psalm 129

1I say that my enemies have ◄afflicted/caused trouble for► me ever since I was young. Now I ask you, my fellow Israelis, to repeat those same words: 2“Our enemies have afflicted us since our nation began, but they have not defeated us! 3Our enemies struck us with whips that cut into our backs [MET] like a farmer uses a plow to cut deep furrows into the ground.” 4But Yahweh is righteous, and he has freed me from being a slave [MTY] of wicked people. 5I wish/hope that all those who hate Jerusalem/Israel will be ashamed because of being defeated. 6I hope/wish that they will be of no value, like grass that grows on the roofs of houses that dries up and does not grow tall; 7as a result no one cuts it and puts it in bundles and carries it away.