1 A song of ascents. “Often since my youth they have attacked me,” let Israel say. 2 “Often since my youth they have attacked me, yet they have not defeated me. 3 The plowers plowed on my back; they made their furrows long. 4 Yahweh is righteous; he has cut the ropes of the wicked.” 5 May they all be put to shame and turned back, those who hate Zion. 6 May they be like the grass on the housetops that withers before it grows up, 7 that cannot fill the reaper's hand or the chest of the one who binds bundles of grain together. 8 May those who pass by not say, “May the blessing of Yahweh be on you; we bless you in the name of Yahweh.”
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Psalm 129 Unlocked Literal Bible
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Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
Cross references (8)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 124:1; Jeremiah 2:2; Hosea 11:1; Psalm 127:1; Exodus 1:12–14
- 2 2 Corinthians 4:8–9; Revelation 12:8–9; Psalm 34:19; Matthew 16:18; Psalm 125:1
- 3 Isaiah 51:23; Psalm 141:7
- 4 Psalm 119:137; Lamentations 3:22; Psalm 124:6–7; Daniel 9:7; Nehemiah 9:33
- 5 Psalm 71:13; Isaiah 37:35; Zechariah 12:3; Isaiah 10:12; Isaiah 37:22
- 6 Psalm 37:2; Psalm 92:7; Jeremiah 17:5–6; Matthew 13:6; 2 Kings 19:26
- 7 Galatians 6:8; Isaiah 17:10–11; Psalm 126:6; Hosea 8:7
- 8 Ruth 2:4; Psalm 118:26
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Felix the Martyr, truly Felix, i.e. "Happy" both in his name and his crown, whose birthday this is, despised the world. Was he, because he feared the Lord, thence happy, thence blessed, because his wife was as a fruitful vine upon the earth, and his children stood around his table?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)