Psalms 129:1-6

1 <> Many times have they afflicted me from my youth up. Let Yisra'el now say,

2 Many times have they afflicted me from my youth up, Yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.

4 The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

5 Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All those who hate Tziyon.

6 Let them be as the grass on the housetops, Which withers before it grows up;

Psalms 129:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 129

\\<>\\. This psalm was written in later times, after many of the distresses of Israel; very probably upon the Jews return from the Babylonish captivity, by Ezra, or some other godly person. Aben Ezra says the psalmist speaks in the language of Israel in captivity; and the same is the sense of Kimchi and Arama. The Syriac inscription is, ``a psalm without a name, concerning the distress of the people; but as to us, it intimates to us the victory and triumph of the worshippers.''