Psalms 129
129
A Song of Ascents.
1“Often they have afflicted me from my youth,”
may Israel now say,
2#Ps 63:1; 84:2 “often they have afflicted me from my youth,
yet they have not prevailed againstme.
3#Ps 79:10; 80:5 The plowmen plowed upon my back;
they made their furrows long.”
4#Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8 The Lord is righteous;
He has cut the cords of the wicked.
5#Ps 42:11; 43:5 Let all those be shamed
and turned back who hate Zion.
6#2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8–9 Let them be as the grass on the housetops,
which withers before it even grows,
7#Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3 where the reaper is unable to fill his hand,
or he who binds sheaves, his arms.
8#Job 35:10; Ps 63:6 Neither do they 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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Psalms 129
129
(A song for worship.)
A Prayer for Protection
1Since the time I was young,
enemies have often attacked!
Let everyone in Israel say:
2“Since the time I was young,
enemies have often attacked!
But they have not defeated me,
3though my back is like a field
that has just been plowed.”
4The Lord always does right,
and he has set me free
from the ropes
of those cruel people.
5I pray that all who hate
the city of Zion
will be made ashamed
and forced to turn and run.
6May they be like grass
on the flat roof of a house,
grass that dries up
as soon as it sprouts.
7Don't let them be like wheat
gathered in bundles.
8And don't let anyone
who passes by say to them,
“The Lord bless you!
I give you my blessing
in the name of the Lord.”
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