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Texts -- Psalms 129:2-8 (NET)

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129:2 “Since my youth they have often attacked me, but they have not defeated me. 129:3 The plowers plowed my back ; they made their furrows long . 129:4 The Lord is just ; he cut the ropes of the wicked .” 129:5 May all who hate Zion be humiliated and turned back ! 129:6 May they be like the grass on the rooftops which withers before one can even pull it up , 129:7 which cannot fill the reaper’s hand , or the lap of the one who gathers the grain ! 129:8 Those who pass by will not say , “May you experience the Lord’s blessing ! We pronounce a blessing on you in the name of the Lord .”

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  • The texts of the individual psalms do not usually indicate who wrote them.1However some of the titles of the individual psalms do contain information about the writers.2This is the only really reliable information we have as ...
  • I. Book 1: chs. 1-41II. Book 2: chs. 42-72III. Book 3: chs. 73-89IV. Book 4: chs. 90-106V. Book 5: chs. 107-150...
  • This psalm like Psalms 42 and 43 expresses the writer's desire for the Lord's sanctuary. It is one of the pilgrim or ascent psalms that the Israelites sang as they travelled to the sanctuary to worship God (cf. Pss. 120-134)....
  • There are 44 psalms in this section of the Psalter. David composed 15 of these (108-110; 122; 124; 131; 133; 138-145), Solomon wrote one (127), and the remaining 28 are anonymous. Psalms 113-118 compose the so-called Egyptian...
  • Psalms 120-134 are all "songs of ascent."They received this title because the pilgrim Israelites sang them as they travelled from their homes all over the land and ascended Mt. Zion for the annual feasts. David composed at le...
  • 129:1-2 This psalm begins as Psalm 124 did by calling on the pilgrim Israelites to speak for the nation. The writer urged the people to acknowledge that God had enabled Israel to survive the many persecutions she had experien...
  • The pilgrim then asked God to bless these special servants of His. The reference to God being the Maker of heaven and earth recalls His greatness (cf. 115:15; et al.). This verse is also an appropriate conclusion to the colle...
  • Allen, Ronald B. "Evidence from Psalm 89."In A Case for Premillennialism: A New Consensus, pp. 55-77. Edited by Donald K. Campbell and Jeffrey L. Townsend. Chicago: Moody Press, 1992._____. Lord of Song. Portland: Multnomah P...
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