Psalms
Chapter 129
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
Summary
Israel declares that many times they have been afflicted from their youth, yet their enemies have not prevailed, and the LORD hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. Those that hate Zion are cursed to be as grass upon housetops which withereth before growing up, yielding no har...
Main Subjects
- •affliction from youth
- •the LORD is righteous
- •those that hate Zion
- •grass upon the housetops
- •the blessing of the LORD