Psalms 129

A psalm of survival against long affliction and hatred.

Psalms 129 - Afflicted Yet Not Overcome

Psalm 129 opens with Israel recalling a history of suffering, "many a time have they afflicted me from my youth," yet insisting the enemy "have not prevailed." It offers a harder-edged companion to the blessing pronounced in Psalms 128, this time framed as survival rather than prosperity.


(上行 之詩。)以色列 當 說:從我幼年以來,敵人屢次 苦害我,

從我幼年以來,敵人屢次 苦害我,卻 沒有 勝了 我。

如同扶犁的 在 我背 上扶犁而耕,耕的犁溝 甚長。

耶和華 是公義的;他砍斷了 惡人 的繩索。

願恨惡 錫安 的都 蒙羞 退 後!

願他們 像房頂上 的草,未 長成 而枯乾,

收割的 不 夠 一把,捆禾的 也不滿懷。

過路的 也不 說:願耶和華 所賜的福 歸與你們!我們奉耶和華 的名 給你們 祝福!

The psalmist prays that those who hate Zion wither quickly "as the grass upon the housetops," unable to be gathered into a harvest, a striking contrast to the earlier joy of <a href="/bible/chiun/psalms/chapter-124/1">Psalms 124:1</a>. Browse more entries on the <a href="/bible/chiun/psalms">Psalms overview</a> or continue to <a href="/bible/chiun/psalms/chapter-130">Psalms 130</a>.