Psalms
The Psalter is Israel’s hymnbook: lament, praise, thanksgiving, royal psalms, and wisdom. It trains the heart to speak to God in trouble and in joy, and it points ahead to the Messiah.
Douay-Rheims 1899
Psalms 128
1Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say. 2Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me. 3The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity. 4The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners: 5Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion. 6Let them be as grass on the tops of houses: which withered before it be plucked up: 7Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom. 8And they that have passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition. Challoner / 1899 American edition is public domain.