Psalms 129
129
A Prayer against Israel's Enemies
1Israel, tell us how your enemies have persecuted you
ever since you were young.
2“Ever since I was young,
my enemies have persecuted me cruelly,
but they have not overcome me.
3They cut deep wounds in my back
and made it like a ploughed field.
4But the LORD, the righteous one,
has freed me from slavery.”
5May everyone who hates Zion
be defeated and driven back.
6May they all be like grass growing on the housetops,
which dries up before it can grow;
7no one gathers it up
or carries it away in bundles.
8No one who passes by will say,
“May the LORD bless you!
We bless you in the name of the LORD.”
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Psalms 129
129
Psalm 129
Prayer for the Overthrow of Zion’s Enemies.
A Song of #129:0 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.
3“The [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].
5¶May 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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