Psalm 129 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

They Have Afflicted Me from My Youth

Psa 129:1

Psa 129:1A Song of Ascents.
“Greatly[fn] have they afflicted me from my youth”—
let Israel now say—

Psa 129:2

Psa 129:2“Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth,
yet they have not prevailed against me.

Psa 129:3

Psa 129:3The plowers plowed upon my back;
they made long their furrows.”

Psa 129:4

Psa 129:4The LORD is righteous;
he has cut the cords of the wicked.

Psa 129:5

Psa 129:5May all who hate Zion
be put to shame and turned backward!

Psa 129:6

Psa 129:6Let them be like the grass on the housetops,
which withers before it grows up,

Psa 129:7

Psa 129:7with which the reaper does not fill his hand
nor the binder of sheaves his arms,

Psa 129:8

Psa 129:8nor 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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ESV Footnotes

(129:1)

Or Often; also verse 2

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Psalm 129 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

They Have Afflicted Me from My Youth

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