Psalm 129
Theme
They Have Afflicted Me from My Youth
Outline
1-2, Affliction 3, Plowed Furrows 4, Yahweh’s Justice 5, Yahweh’s Verdict 6-7, No Harvest 8, No Blessing
Key Verse
(129:1–2) “Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth”— let Israel now say— “Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me." The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Ps .
Notes
Psalm 129 addresses the affliction of the psalmist and God's people, comparing oppression to plowing. It emphasizes Yahweh's justice, resulting in shame for the wicked, who will not receive blessings but curses instead. The structure highlights this theme.