Prayer for the Overthrow of Zion’s Enemies.
A Song of Ascents.
129 “Many times they have (A)persecuted me from my (B)youth up,”
(C)Let Israel now say,
2 “Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up;
Yet they have (D)not prevailed against me.
3 “The plowers plowed upon my back;
They lengthened their furrows.”
4 The Lord (E)is righteous;
He has cut in two the (F)cords of the wicked.
5 May all who (G)hate Zion
Be (H)put to shame and turned backward;
6 Let them be like (I)grass upon the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up;
7 With which the reaper does not fill his hand,
Or the binder of sheaves his (J)bosom;
8 Nor do those who pass by say,
“The (K)blessing of the Lord be upon you;
We bless you in the name of the Lord.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 129:1
- Psalm 129:1
- Psalm 129:2
- Psalm 129:2
- Psalm 129:6
- Psalm 129:7
Cross references
- Psalm 129:1 : Ex 1:11; Judg 3:8; Ps 88:15
- Psalm 129:1 : Is 47:12; Jer 2:2; 22:21; Ezek 16:22; Hos 2:15; 11:1
- Psalm 129:1 : Ps 124:1
- Psalm 129:2 : Jer 1:19; 15:20; 20:11; Matt 16:18; 2 Cor 4:8, 9
- Psalm 129:4 : Ps 119:137
- Psalm 129:4 : Ps 140:5
- Psalm 129:5 : Mic 4:11
- Psalm 129:5 : Ps 70:3; 71:13
- Psalm 129:6 : 2 Kin 19:26; Ps 37:2; Is 37:27
- Psalm 129:7 : Ps 79:12
- Psalm 129:8 : Ruth 2:4; Ps 118:26
