Psalms 129:1
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
Study Guide
Psalms 129
Ikhtisar
A Song of Ascent recounting how enemies have greatly afflicted Israel from youth but have not prevailed. The plowmen have plowed long furrows on Israel's back but the Lord has cut the cords of the wicked. Those who hate Zion will be like grass on rooftops that withers before it grows up.
Key Verses
Psalms 129:2
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
Psalms 129:4
The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
Psalms 129:5
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
Psalms 129:6
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
Full Text
1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
4 The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we bless you in the name of the Lord.