Sermon for July 31st, 2022
From Neal's Wiki
Psalm 129:1-8
A Song of Ascents. 1 Often have they attacked me from my youth —let Israel now say— 2 often have they attacked me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me. 3 The plowers plowed on my back; they made their furrows long. 4 The Lord is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked. 5 May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward. 6 Let them be like the grass on the housetops that withers before it grows up, 7 with which reapers do not fill their hands or binders of sheaves their arms, 8 while those who pass by do not say, “The blessing of the Lord be upon you! We bless you in the name of the Lord!”
Psummer of Psalms V: Psalm 129 (Don't Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out
- NRSV subheading: Prayer for the Downfall of Israel’s Enemies
- Jesus said to "love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you." But what exactly do we pray?
- Shame (internal and external recognition of wrongdoing)
- Turn backward (same as repent)
- wither before its time (dry up, become powerless)
- no one wants
- no one blesses