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Psalm 129

1 "Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up," Let Israel now say,

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

2 "Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up; 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 lengthened their furrows."

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

4 The LORD is righteous; He has cut in two 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 grass upon the housetops, Which withers before it grows up;

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

7 With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Or the binder of sheaves his bosom;

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

8 Nor do those who pass 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.”