Psalms 129
The speaker reflects on the afflictions they have faced since their youth, but notes that their enemies have not prevailed. They describe the pain and suffering inflicted upon them, likening it to plowers plowing on their back. The speaker affirms the righteousness of the Lord, who has cut the cords of the wicked, and expresses a desire for those who hate Zion to be put to shame and wither away like grass on housetops.
1"Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth"--let Israel now say--2"Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.3The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows."4The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.5May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward!6Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,7with which the reaper does not fill his hand nor the binder of sheaves his arms,8nor do those who pass by say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you! We bless you in the name of the LORD!"
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