Psalm 129
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Chapter overview
Psalm 129 recalls repeated oppression from Israel's youth without granting it the final word. Deep wounds remain visible, but binding cords are cut and exploiters become as temporary as shallow rooftop grass.
OppressionSurvivalJusticeFreedom
1Many enemies have attacked from the time I was young. Let everyone in Israel say:
2Many enemies have attacked from the time I was young, but they never defeated me.
3They beat me on my back, leaving long furrows as if it had been plowed by a farmer.
4But the Lord does what is right: he has cut me free from the ropes of the wicked.
5May everyone who hates Zion be driven back in humiliating defeat.
6May they be like grass that grows on a roof that withers before it can be harvested,
7There's not enough even for a reaper to hold, not enough even for the binder to bind.
8May passers-by not say to them, “The blessing of the Lord be on you; we bless you in the name of the Lord.”
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