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Psalm 129

1 A Song of degrees. 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 house-tops, which withereth before it groweth up:
7 With which the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom.
8 Neither do they who go by, say, The blessing of the LORD [be] upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.

Chapter Summary

Israel testifies to great oppression from youth, yet the LORD has cut them free from the cords of the wicked.

Book Summary

Psalms is the Bible's songbook: one hundred fifty prayers and hymns of praise, lament, thanksgiving, and trust, many attributed to David. From the depths of despair to the heights of worship, it has voiced the prayers of God's people for millennia.