Thematic Bible

Psalm 129:1

“Many times they have persecuted me (Israel) from my youth,”
Let Israel now say,

Psalm 129:2


“Many times they have persecuted me from my youth,
Yet they have not prevailed against me.

Psalm 129:3


“The [enemies, like] plowers plowed on my back;
They made their furrows [of suffering] long [in Israel].”

Psalm 129:4


The Lord is righteous;
He has cut in two the [thick] cords of the wicked [which enslaved the people of Israel].
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 129:5


May all who hate Zion
Be put to shame and turned backward [in defeat].

Psalm 129:6


Let them be like the grass on the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up,

Psalm 129:7


With which the reaper does not fill his hand,
Nor the binder of sheaves his arms,

Psalm 129:8


Nor do those who pass by say,
“The blessing of the Lord be upon you;
We bless you in the name of the Lord.”