Psalms 129:3-8

3 The plowmen plowed on my back; wounding me with long furrows.

4 But ADONAI is righteous; he cuts me free from the yoke of the wicked.

5 Let all who hate Tziyon be thrown back in confusion.

6 Let them be like grass on the roof, which dries out before it grows up

7 and never fills the reaper's hands or the arms of the one who binds sheaves,

8 so that no passer-by says, "ADONAI's blessing on you! We bless you in the name of ADONAI!"

Psalms 129:3-8 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.''