Psalms 129
129
PSALM 129
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
1Oft did they vex me from my youth,
may Isr'el now declare;
2Oft did they vex me from my youth,
yet not victorious were.
3The plowers plow'd upon my back;
they long their furrows drew.
4The righteous Lord did cut the cords
of the ungodly crew.
5Let Sion's haters all be turn'd
back with confusion.
6As grass on houses' tops be they,
which fades ere it be grown:
7Whereof enough to fill his hand
the mower cannot find;
Nor can the man his bosom fill,
whose work is sheaves to bind.
8Neither say they who do go by,
God's blessing on you rest:
We in the name of God
the Lord do wish you to be blest.
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Psalms 129
129
PSALM 129
Prayer for the Overthrow of Zion’s Enemies.
A Song of #See Psalm 120 title note.Ascents.
1“Many times they have persecuted me (Israel) from my youth,”
Let Israel now say,
2“Many times they have persecuted me from my youth,
Yet they have not prevailed against me.
3The [enemies, like] plowers plowed on my back;
They made their furrows [of suffering] long [in Israel].”
4The Lord is righteous;
He has cut in two the [thick] cords of the wicked [which enslaved the people of Israel].
5May all who hate Zion
Be put to shame and turned backward [in defeat].
6Let them be like the grass on the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up,
7With which the reaper does not fill his hand,
Nor the binder of sheaves his arms,
8Nor do those who pass by say,
“The blessing of the Lord be upon you;
We bless you in the name of the Lord.”
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