Psalm 129
129
A Prayer for the Overthrow of Zion's Enemies
A Song of degrees.
1Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth,
may Israel now say:
2Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth:
yet they have not prevailed against me.
3The plowers plowed upon my back:
they made long their furrows.
4The Lord is righteous:
he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
5Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops,
which withereth afore it groweth up:
7wherewith the mower filleth not his hand;
nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
8Neither do they which go by say,
The blessing of the Lord be upon you:
we bless you in the name of the Lord.
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Psalm 129
129
They Have Afflicted Me from My Youth
A Song of #[See Ps. 120, title]Ascents.
1“Greatly#129:1 Or Often; also verse 2 have they #[Ex. 1:14; Judg. 3:8, 14; 4:3; 6:2; 10:8] afflicted me #Isa. 47:12; Jer. 2:2; 22:21; Hos. 2:15 from my youth”—
#
Ps. 124:1
let Israel now say—
2“Greatly have they #[See ver. 1 above] afflicted me #[See ver. 1 above] from my youth,
# [2 Cor. 4:8-10] yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 #
Mic. 3:12 The plowers plowed #[Isa. 50:6; 51:23]upon my back;
they made long their furrows.”
4The Lord is righteous;
he has cut #Ps. 2:3the cords of the wicked.
5May all who hate Zion
be #See Ps. 35:4put to shame and turned backward!
6Let them be like #2 Kgs. 19:26; Isa. 37:27 the grass on the housetops,
which #Ps. 37:2; Job 8:12withers 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,
#
Ruth 2:4 “The blessing of the Lord be upon you!
We #Ps. 118:26bless you in the name of the Lord!”
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