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Psalms 129

1 They have treated me badly all my life. (Let Israel repeat this.)

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

2 They have treated me badly all my life, but they have not defeated me.

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

3 Like farmers plowing, they plowed over my back, making long wounds.

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

4 But the Lord does what is right; he has set me free from those wicked people.

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

5 Let those who hate Jerusalem be turned back in shame.

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

6 Let them be like the grass on the roof that dries up before it has grown.

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

7 There is not enough of it to fill a hand or to make into a bundle to fill one's arms.

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

8 Let those who pass by them not say, "May the Lord bless you. We bless you by the power of the Lord." A song for going up to worship.

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.”