Psalm 129
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1“Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth”— let Israel now say—1A song of ascents. "They have greatly oppressed me from my youth," let Israel say;
2“Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.2"they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.
3The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.”3Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.
4The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.4But the 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!5May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
6Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,6May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;
7with which the reaper does not fill his hand nor the binder of sheaves his arms,7a reaper cannot fill his hands with it, nor one who gathers fill his 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!”8May those who pass by not say to them, "The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD."
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