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A scarred field and broken plow harness lie behind an exhausted Israelite who stands upright as light breaks over Zion.
KING JAMES VERSION

PSALMS 129

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Psalms 129 — Israel remembers deep affliction yet confesses that the righteous Lord has cut the wicked cords.

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The plowed field stands in for furrows on Israel’s back, avoiding exposed wounds or graphic suffering. Severed harness cords and withered rooftop growth signify deliverance and the oppressors’ passing end.

Scripture basis: Psalms 129:1–8
  1. 1A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
  2. 2Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
  3. 3The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
  4. 4The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
  5. 5Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
  6. 6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
  7. 7Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
  8. 8Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.

King James Version · Standardized 1769 text with Strong’s numbering · Public domain outside the United Kingdom

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