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Psalms 129

1 "They've kicked me around ever since I was young" - this is how Israel tells it -

1 “They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,” let Israel say;

2 "They've kicked me around ever since I was young, but they never could keep me down.

2 “they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.

3 Their plowmen plowed long furrows up and down my back;

3 Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.

4 Then God ripped the harnesses of the evil plowmen to shreds."

4 But the LORD is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.”

5 Oh, let all those who hate Zion grovel in humiliation;

5 May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

6 Let them be like grass in shallow ground that withers before the harvest,

6 May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;

7 Before the farmhands can gather it in, the harvesters get in the crop,

7 a reaper cannot fill his hands with it, nor one who gathers fill his arms.

8 Before the neighbors have a chance to call out, "Congratulations on your wonderful crop! We bless you in God's name!"

8 May 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.”