1Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say, 2many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me. 3The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long. 4Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked. 5Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion. 6Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up; 7with which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom. 8Neither do those who go by say, "The blessing of Yahweh be on you. We bless you in the name of Yahweh." A Song of Ascents.
The Book ofPsalms 129Chapter CXXIX 129
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Psalms 129 — Kingdom and Post-Exile Period
Anonymous — Unknown psalmist reflecting on Israel's survival. Set in Jerusalem temple worship. Looking back over centuries of persecution, a survivor reflects on how enemies have 'plowed furrows' across Israel's back like a field, yet somehow the nation endures. From Egypt to Babylon to countless attacks, they should have been destroyed — but God's protection has been their lifeline.
“Psalms 129:1-2”— 129:1-2
Read when: Read this when you're reflecting on how you've survived difficulties that should have destroyed you.
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