Psalm 129

^{Tools
1} A Song of Ascents.

“^(a)Many times they have ^(b)^(A)persecuted me from my ^(B)youth up,”
^(C)Let Israel now say,

^{Tools
2}

“^(c)Many times they have ^(d)persecuted me from my youth up;
Yet they have ^(D)not prevailed against me.

^{Tools
3}

“The plowers plowed upon my back;
They lengthened their furrows.”

^{Tools
4}

The Lord ^(E)is righteous;
He has cut in two the ^(F)cords of the wicked.

^{Tools
5}

May all who ^(G)hate Zion
Be ^(H)put to shame and turned backward;

^{Tools
6}

Let them be like ^(I)grass upon the housetops,
Which withers before it ^(e)grows up;

^{Tools
7}

With which the reaper does not fill his ^(f)hand,
Or the binder of sheaves his ^(J)bosom;

^{Tools
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.”

a. Psalm 129:1: ['Lit ', Much]

b. Psalm 129:1: ['Lit ', showed hostility toward]

c. Psalm 129:2: ['Lit ', Much]

d. Psalm 129:2: ['Lit ', showed hostility toward]

e. Psalm 129:6: ['Lit ', draws out]

f. Psalm 129:7: ['Lit ', palm]

A. Psalm 129:1: Exodus 1:11; Judges 3:8; Psalm 88:15

B. Psalm 129:1: Isaiah 47:12; Jeremiah 2:2; Jeremiah 22:21; Ezekiel 16:22; Hosea 2:15; Hosea 11:1

C. Psalm 129:1: Psalm 124:1

D. Psalm 129:2: Jeremiah 1:19; Jeremiah 15:20; Jeremiah 20:11; Matthew 16:18; 2 Corinthians 4:8; 2 Corinthians 4:9

E. Psalm 129:4: Psalm 119:137

F. Psalm 129:4: Psalm 140:5

G. Psalm 129:5: Micah 4:11

H. Psalm 129:5: Psalm 70:3; Psalm 71:13

I. Psalm 129:6: Psalm 37:2; Isaiah 37:27

J. Psalm 129:7: Psalm 79:12

K. Psalm 129:8: Ruth 2:4; Psalm 118:26