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Psalm 129

Third Millennium Bible TMB

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

2 "many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows."

4 The LORD is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

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

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

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

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."

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 "From the time I was young, people have attacked me..." (Israel should repeat this.)

2 "From the time I was young, people have attacked me, but they have never overpowered me.

3 They have plowed my back [like farmers plow fields]. They made long slashes [like furrows]."

4 The LORD is righteous. He has cut me loose from the ropes that wicked people tied around me.

5 Put to shame all those who hate Zion. Force them to retreat.

6 Make them be like grass on a roof, like grass that dries up before it produces a stalk.

7 It will never fill the barns of those who harvest or the arms of those who gather bundles.

8 Those who pass by will never say [to them], "May you be blessed by the LORD" or "We bless you in the name of the LORD."