Praying Through: Psalm 129

The Psalm

Psalm 129 (CSB)
A song of ascents.

1 Since my youth they have often attacked me— let Israel say—

2 since my youth they have often attacked me, but they have not prevailed against me.

3 Plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.

4 The LORD is righteous; he has cut the ropes of the wicked.

5 Let all who hate Zion be driven back in disgrace.

6 Let them be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it grows up

7 and can’t even fill the hands of the reaper or the arms of the one who binds sheaves.

8 Then none who pass by will say, “May the LORD’s blessing be on you. We bless you in the name of the LORD.”

The Prayer

My Conqueror,

I have no enemies

  • other than Satan
  • sin
  • death
  • demons
  • and hell.

They have attacked me since my youth

  • and many times
  • it feels like
  • they have conquered me
  • they alone have sought
  • to grind my bones into dust
  • they alone have sought
  • to see the end of my life.

And they nearly did.

But You, O Lord,

  • are always compassionate
  • and you took pity on me
  • and you saved me
  • from darkness
  • from the grip of sin
  • from the power of death.

I will praise your name

  • Lord Jesus.

Amen.