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The Psalms

Psalms 129

Psalms, Book V · KJV

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1Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

2Many a time 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 hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

5Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

7Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

8Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.

Psalms 129:1–8

Word detail

Israel

The naming account connects the name with prevailing in a struggle involving God.

Israel is Jacob's covenant name and also a designation for the people descended from him. In accounts of divided kingdoms it can specifically name the northern kingdom. The psalm's prayer, praise, or reflection establishes the contextual use. The complete poetic line supplies the relationship and comparison intended.