They Have Afflicted Me from My Youth
A Song of (A)Ascents.
129 “Greatly[a] have they (B)afflicted me (C)from my youth”—
(D)let Israel now say—
2 “Greatly have they (E)afflicted me (F)from my youth,
(G)yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 (H)The ploughers ploughed (I)upon my back;
they made long their furrows.”
4 The Lord is righteous;
he has cut (J)the cords of the wicked.
5 May all who hate Zion
be (K)put to shame and turned backwards!
6 Let them be like (L)the grass on the housetops,
which (M)withers before it grows up,
7 with which the reaper does not fill his hand
nor the binder of sheaves his arms,
8 nor do those who pass by say,
(N)“The blessing of the Lord be upon you!
We (O)bless you in the name of the Lord!”
Footnotes
- Psalm 129:1 Or Often; also verse 2
Cross references
- Psalm 129:1 : [See Ps. 120, title]
- Psalm 129:1 : [Ex. 1:14; Judg. 3:8, 14; 4:3; 6:2; 10:8]
- Psalm 129:1 : Isa. 47:12; Jer. 2:2; 22:21; Hos. 2:15
- Psalm 129:1 : Ps. 124:1
- Psalm 129:2 : [See ver. 1 above]; [Ex. 1:14; Judg. 3:8, 14; 4:3; 6:2; 10:8]
- Psalm 129:2 : [See ver. 1 above]; Isa. 47:12; Jer. 2:2; 22:21; Hos. 2:15
- Psalm 129:2 : [2 Cor. 4:8-10]
- Psalm 129:3 : Mic. 3:12
- Psalm 129:3 : [Isa. 50:6; 51:23]
- Psalm 129:4 : Ps. 2:3
- Psalm 129:5 : See Ps. 35:4
- Psalm 129:6 : 2 Kgs. 19:26; Isa. 37:27
- Psalm 129:6 : Ps. 37:2; Job 8:12
- Psalm 129:8 : Ruth 2:4
- Psalm 129:8 : Ps. 118:26