Psalms129

Psalms 129 recounts Israel's enduring history of affliction from its youth, yet emphasizes that its adversaries never truly prevailed against them. The psalm declares the Lord's righteousness in delivering His people from oppression. It concludes with a prayer for the confounding and ultimate futility of those who hate Zion, likening them to withered grass.

Israel's Endurance Through Affliction

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A Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:
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Often they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me.
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Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.
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Jehovah is righteous, He hath cut asunder cords of the wicked.

Prayer for Judgment on Zion’s Enemies

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Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion.
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They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,
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That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.
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And the passers by have not said, `The blessing of Jehovah is on you, We blessed you in the Name of Jehovah!'
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