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Psalm 129 - We Should Never Forget The Goodness of God

See More in the Word ‪@jerrybarbaraseymour‬ #oldtestamentbiblestudy #seemoreintheword #truth #songofascents #songsofascent #psalm129 #neverforget #victoryoverenemies In three (3) weeks it will be September 11, 2025, marking the 24th anniversary of the coordinated Islamist terrorist attacks against the United States. The phrase “Never Forget” was attached as a memorial to the events of 9/11. It seems that Americans want to forget events that made us who we are as a people and a nation. It’s true, it is not a pretty picture, but it is a picture of families escaping the tyranny of an oppressive government and establishing a nation under God. I’ll be honest, it is hard to remember something that you are not an actual part of. There’s a difference between “remembering” the signing of the Declaration of Independence and “celebrating” the signing thereof, ie: July 4th. A reenactment versus a celebration. Scripture confirms the fact that Jewish children are raised to remember events and to never forget history of the past. That’s what the whole process of the journey up to Jerusalem is about – remembering! The Hebrew word for “feasts” means “appointed times” to remember. The seven annual feasts are listed in Leviticus 23. Collectively, they tell the story of the entire redemptive career of the Messiah. The first four feasts are in the spring of the year beginning with Passover, the foundational feast and all others are built upon, remembers the Passover lamb, blood on the door posts, and the release from slavery out of Egypt over 3,500 years ago. Jews never forget that day. Christians are to remember the fulfillment of this event when we participate in The Lord Supper, an ongoing memorial. The last three feasts are celebrated in the fall of the year and depict specific events associated with Jesus’ second coming. These final feasts form the basis for what the Bible calls the “blessed hope” of a believer (Titus 2:13). Read Titus 2:11-15. When we remember events of the past and anticipate events of the future, we live like we believe they have or will happen. Psalm 129 is a communal lament reflecting on Israel’s history of affliction. The psalmist recalls, “From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me, but they have never defeated me.” This refrain, repeated for emphasis, anchors the collective memory of Israel in a narrative of survival. The vivid metaphor of a back “covered with cuts, as if a farmer had plowed long furrows” underscores the depth of the suffering, yet the core message is resilience—Israel has never been utterly overcome. The Psalm moves from recounting suffering to a declaration of divine intervention: “But the Lord is good; He has cut me free from the ropes of the ungodly.” This transition from affliction to deliverance is not just historical but liturgical, repeated in the worship life of the community as an act of remembering God’s faithfulness. The psalm concludes with implications against Israel’s enemies— “May all who hate Jerusalem be turned back in shameful defeat… as useless as grass on a rooftop”—and a refusal to bless those who oppose God’s people. The overall tone is one of defiant hope: suffering is real and ongoing, but defeat is not the end of the story. Psalm 129 and Psalm 126 together reveal the dynamic interplay of affliction and deliverance in the spiritual life. One psalm invites us to remember the scars of history and God’s sustaining power amid adversity; the other one calls us to rejoice in restoration, confident that tears sown will yield a harvest of joy. Both form the rhythm of biblical faith: suffering is not the end, and remembering God’s acts—whether in anguish or in celebration—ensures that hope endures and identity is preserved from generation to generation. When you combine Jewish history, the attempts to destroy them over the thousands of centuries, with the history and persecution of the First Century Church and beyond, it fulfills the words of Gamaliel in Acts 5:38-39, “And now I say to you, keep away from these men and let them alone; for if this plan or this work is of men, it will come to nothing; but if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it – lest you even be found to fight against God.” May we never forget is Goodness of God and what He has brought us through, personally and as a Body, The Church.