Praying from Psalms 130:1. Themes: Salvation, Repentance, Trust
Promise. The verse is a statement of the psalmist’s experience of crying out to Yahweh from a place of deep distress or despair. There is no explicit comma…
Praying from Psalms 129:7. Themes: Provision, Generosity, Trust
Command. The verse is instructing the reader not to gather more than they can handle or need.
Praying from Psalms 129:6. Themes: Judgment, Transience, Vanity.
Command. The verse is instructing the reader to let something be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up.
Praying from Psalms 129:5. Themes: Salvation, Protection, Blessing.
Command. The verse commands the reader to wish for the disappointment and turning back of those who hate Zion.
Praying from Psalms 129:4. Themes: Righteousness, Justice, Deliverance.
Promise. The verse is stating that Yahweh is righteous and has cut apart the cords of the wicked, indicating that he will bring justice and punishment to t…
Praying from Psalms 129:2. Themes: Perseverance, Oppression, Faithfulness.
Promise. The verse is stating that despite being afflicted many times since youth, the speaker has not been overcome or defeated.
Praying from Psalms 129:1. Themes: Affliction, Israel’s testimony, God’s faithfulness.
Command. The reader is instructed to say “Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up.”
Praying from Psalms 128:6. Themes: Blessing, Family, Peace.
Promise. The verse is a blessing for the reader to see their children’s children and for peace to be upon Israel.
Praying from Psalms 128:5. Themes: Blessing, Zion, Jerusalem
Promise. The verse is a prayer for Yahweh to bless the reader out of Zion and for them to see the good of Jerusalem all the days of their life.
Praying from Psalms 128:4. Themes: Blessing, Fear of God, Wisdom
Promise. The verse is describing the blessings that come to a person who fears Yahweh.
Praying from Psalms 128:3. Themes: Family, Blessing, Fruitfulness.
Promise. The verse is promising that the reader’s wife will be fruitful and their children will be like olive shoots around their table, indicating a happy…
Praying from Psalms 128:2. Themes: Providence, Work, Happiness
Promise. The verse promises that if the reader eats the labor of their hands, they will be happy and things will go well for them.
Praying from Psalms 128:1. Themes: Blessing, Fear of God, Obedience.
Promise. The verse promises blessings to those who fear Yahweh and walk in his ways.
Praying from Psalms 127:5. Themes: Blessings, Family, Protection.
Promise. The verse is saying that a man who has many children will be happy and confident when dealing with his enemies.
Praying from Psalms 127:3. Themes: Children, Heritage, Reward.
Promise. The verse is stating that children are a gift from God.
Praying from Psalms 127:2. Themes: Rest, Trust, Provision.
Promise.
Summary: God promises to give sleep to his loved ones, so it is pointless to overwork oneself and sacrifice rest.
Praying from Psalms 127:1. Themes: God’s sovereignty, human effort, trust in God
Promise. The verse states that unless Yahweh is involved in building and watching over a house or city, any human effort put into it will be in vain. The p…
Praying from Psalms 126:6. Themes: Sowing, Weeping, Joy
Promise. The verse promises that those who sow in tears will reap with joy.
Praying from Psalms 126:5. Themes: Sowing, Reaping, Joy
Promise. The verse is saying that those who endure hardship and sorrow will eventually experience happiness and joy.
Praying from Psalms 126:4. Themes: Restoration, Prayer, Hope
Promise. The verse is a plea to God to restore the fortunes of the people, using the metaphor of the streams in the Negev desert which only flow during the…