Psalm 129
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1A Song of Ascents. "Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up," Let Israel now say,1“Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth”— let Israel now say—
2"Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up; Yet they have not prevailed against me.2“Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.
3"The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows."3The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.”
4The LORD is righteous; He has cut in two the cords of the wicked.4The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.
5May all who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned backward;5May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward!
6Let them be like grass upon the housetops, Which withers before it grows up;6Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
7With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Or the binder of sheaves his bosom;7with which the reaper does not fill his hand nor the binder of sheaves 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."8nor do those who pass by say, “The blessing of the LORD be upon you! We bless you in the name of the LORD!”
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Psalm 128
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