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Psalms 129

1 <<A song of degrees.>> "Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth"--may Israel now say--

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

2 "many a time 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 hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

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

5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

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

6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth before it groweth up,

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

7 wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom.

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

8 Neither do those who go by say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD."

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.”