Psalm 129 Prayed

Psalm 129 Prayed
Praising Jesus for his victory on the cross

   “They have greatly oppressed me from my youth.”

              you could say from the cross, Lord Jesus —
   “They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,

              but they have not gained the victory over
              me.
   Ploughmen have ploughed my back

              and made their furrows long.
   I offered my back to those who beat me,

              my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;
 
   I did not hide my face
              from mocking and spitting.”
   For Pilate took you and had you flogged.
              The soldiers twisted together a crown of
              thorns
              and put it on your head.
   They clothed you in a purple robe
              and went up to you again and again, saying,
   “Hail, king of the Jews!”
              And they struck you in the face.

   But your heavenly Father is righteous; 

              he cut you free from the cords of the wicked.
   For the wages of sin is death,
              and God made you who had no sin
   to be sin for me, so that in you
              I might become the righteousness of God.
   But he raised you from the dead,
              freeing you from the agony of death,
   because it was impossible for death
              to keep its hold on you.

   For you were pierced for my transgressions,
              you were crushed for my iniquities;
   the punishment that brought me peace was upon
              you,

              and by your wounds I am healed.
   You forgave us all my sins,
               having cancelled the written code, with its
              regulations,
   that was against me and that stood opposed to me;
              you took it away, nailing it to the cross. 
   And having disarmed the powers and authorities,
              you made a public spectacle of them,
              triumphing over them by the cross.

   May all who hate the heavenly Zion,
              be turned back in shame.
   May their harvest be like grass on the roof, 

              which withers before it can grow;
   may the reapers not fill their hands with it, 

              nor those who gather fill their arms.
   May those who pass by not say to them;
              “The blessing of the Lord be upon you;

              we bless you in the name of the Lord.”

   Instead, do not be let them be deceived, O God
              for you cannot be mocked.
              Each one of us reaps what we sow. 
   Those who sow to please their sinful nature,
              from that nature will reap destruction;
   Those who sow to please the Spirit,
              from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
   So help us to gently instruct
              those who oppose you,
   in the hope that you will grant them repentance,
              leading them to a knowledge of the truth.




Psalm 129
A song of ascents.

1   They have greatly oppressed me from my
              youth—
              let Israel say—
2   they have greatly oppressed me from my
              youth,
              but they have not gained the victory over
              me.
3   Ploughmen have ploughed my back
              and made their furrows long.
Is. 50:6   I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting.
John 19:1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.  2 The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe 3 and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they struck him in the face.
4   But the LORD is righteous;
              he has cut me free from the cords of the
              wicked.
Rom. 6:23 For the wages of sin is death…
2Cor. 5:21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Acts 2:24 But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.

Is. 53:5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.
Col. 2:13 … He forgave us all our sins, 14 having cancelled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross.  15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

5   May all who hate Zion
              be turned back in shame.
6   May they be like grass on the roof,
              which withers before it can grow;
7   with it the reaper cannot fill his hands,
              nor the one who gathers fill his arms.
8   May those who pass by not say,
              “The blessing of the LORD be upon you;
              we bless you in the name of the LORD.”

Gal. 6:7                  Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.  8 The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
2Tim. 2:25 Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth,

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