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They Have Afflicted Me from My Youth

A Song of Ascents.

 “Greatly^[a] have they afflicted me from my youth”—
let Israel now say—
² “Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth,
yet they have not prevailed against me.
³ The plowers plowed upon my back;
they made long their furrows.”
⁴ The Lord is righteous;
he has cut the cords of the wicked.
⁵ May all who hate Zion
be put to shame and turned backward!
⁶ Let them be like the grass on the housetops,
which withers before it grows up,
⁷ with which the reaper does not fill his hand
nor the binder of sheaves his arms,
⁸ nor do those who pass by say,
“The blessing of the Lord be upon you!
We bless you in the name of the Lord!”

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 129:1 Or Often; also verse 2

Cross references:

1. Psalm 129:1 : [See Ps. 120, title]
2. Psalm 129:1 : [Ex. 1:14; Judg. 3:8, 14; 4:3; 6:2; 10:8]
3. Psalm 129:1 : Isa. 47:12; Jer. 2:2; 22:21; Hos. 2:15
4. Psalm 129:1 : Ps. 124:1
5. Psalm 129:2 : [See ver. 1 above]; [Ex. 1:14; Judg. 3:8, 14; 4:3; 6:2; 10:8]
6. Psalm 129:2 : [See ver. 1 above]; Isa. 47:12; Jer. 2:2; 22:21; Hos. 2:15
7. Psalm 129:2 : [2 Cor. 4:8-10]
8. Psalm 129:3 : Mic. 3:12
9. Psalm 129:3 : [Isa. 50:6; 51:23]
10. Psalm 129:4 : Ps. 2:3
11. Psalm 129:5 : See Ps. 35:4
12. Psalm 129:6 : 2 Kgs. 19:26; Isa. 37:27
13. Psalm 129:6 : Ps. 37:2; Job 8:12
14. Psalm 129:8 : Ruth 2:4
15. Psalm 129:8 : Ps. 118:26