Parallel Bible results for "psalms 129:1-6"

Psalms 129:1-6

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1 "Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth"-- let Israel now say--
1 “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.
3 The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows."
3 Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.
4 The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.
4 But the LORD is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.”
5 May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward!
5 May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
6 Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
6 May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;
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