| Chapter 129 |
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Many times have they afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say, --
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Many times have they afflicted me from my youth up, Yet they have not prevailed against me. --
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The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long. --
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Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked. --
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Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All those who hate Zion. --
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Let them be as the grass on the housetops, Which withers before it grows up; --
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With which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, Nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom. --
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Neither do those who go by say, 'The blessing of Yahweh be on you. We bless you in the name of Yahweh.' Psalm 130 A Song of Ascents. --
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