Psalm 129
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1“Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth”— let Israel now say—1"Since my youth they have often persecuted me," let Israel repeat it,
2“Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.2"Since my youth they have often persecuted me, yet they haven't defeated me.
3The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.”3Wicked people ploughed over my back, creating long-lasting wounds."
4The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.4The LORD is righteous— he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.
5May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward!5Let all who hate Zion be turned away and be ashamed.
6Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,6May they become like a tuft of grass on a roof top, that withers before it takes root—
7with which the reaper does not fill his hand nor the binder of sheaves his arms,7not enough to fill one's hand or to bundle in one's arms.
8nor do those who pass by say, “The blessing of the LORD be upon you! We bless you in the name of the LORD!”8And may those who pass by never tell them, "May the LORD's blessing be upon you. We bless you in the name of the LORD."
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Psalm 128
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