{"id":6941,"date":"2017-11-25T14:48:44","date_gmt":"2017-11-25T14:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=6941"},"modified":"2017-11-25T14:49:17","modified_gmt":"2017-11-25T14:49:17","slug":"tehillim-psalms-129-part-1-oppression-form-rebuke-lovingkindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/tehillim-psalms-129-part-1-oppression-form-rebuke-lovingkindness\/","title":{"rendered":"Tehillim \/ Psalms 129, \u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05ea\u05d4\u05d9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e7\u05db\u05d8, Part 1, Oppression as a form of Rebuke and Lovingkindness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s study from <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 129:1-8<\/span><\/em>, the psalm opens saying, \u05d0 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8 \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05e8\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05ea \u05e6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05b8\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b7\u05e8-\u05e0\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc: \u05d1 \u05e8\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05ea \u05e6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05b8\u05d9 \u05d2\u05bc\u05b7\u05dd \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b8\u05db\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc-\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9: <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">129:1 \u2018Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up,\u2019 Let Israel now say, 129:2 \u2018Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up; Yet they have not prevailed against me. (NASB)<\/span><\/em> In life, as the children of God, we will see persecution. The Apostle Paul wrote to Timothy, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cIndeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.\u201d<\/span><\/em> (<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2 Timothy 3:12<\/span><\/em>) The psalmist continues saying, \u05d2 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d2\u05bc\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d7\u05b8\u05e8\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc \u05d7\u05b9\u05e8\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05b6\u05d0\u05b1\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05db\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d5\u05ea\u05b8\u05dd [\u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b8\u05dd]: \u05d3 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e6\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e7 \u05e7\u05b4\u05e6\u05bc\u05b5\u05e5 \u05e2\u05b2\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05e8\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd: <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">129:3 \u2018The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows.\u2019 129:4 The Lord is righteous; He has cut in two the cords of the wicked. (NASB)<\/span><\/em> Yeshua the Messiah said, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cBlessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness\u2019 sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.\u201d<\/span><\/em> (<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Matthew 5:10<\/span><\/em>). Yeshua defines <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cpersecution\u201d<\/span><\/em> as being reviled and having false things uttered against us. This is similar to what the psalmist is saying, but the Lord God turns the persecution into a future expectation of a blessing. One caveat regarding this blessing is that it is for persecution for <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201crighteousness\u2019 sake.\u201d<\/span><\/em> Read more here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tehillim-129-Part1.pdf\">Tehillim 129-Part 1<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s study from Tehillim \/ Psalms 129:1-8, the psalm opens saying, \u05d0 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8 \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05e8\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05ea \u05e6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05b8\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b7\u05e8-\u05e0\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc: \u05d1 \u05e8\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05ea \u05e6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05b8\u05d9 \u05d2\u05bc\u05b7\u05dd \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b8\u05db\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc-\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9: 129:1 \u2018Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up,\u2019 Let Israel now say, 129:2 \u2018Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up; Yet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tehillim"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}