Psalm 129

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“Many times they have persecuted me (Israel) from my youth,”

Let Israel now say,
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“Many times they have persecuted me from my youth,
Yet they have not prevailed against me.

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“The [enemies, like] plowers plowed on my back;
They made their furrows [of suffering] long [in Israel].”

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The Lord is righteous;
He has cut in two the [thick] cords of the wicked [which enslaved the people of Israel].

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May all who hate Zion
Be put to shame and turned backward [in defeat].

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Let them be like the grass on the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up,

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With which the reaper does not fill his hand,
Nor the binder of sheaves his arms,

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Nor do those who pass by say,
“The blessing of the Lord be upon you;
We bless you in the name of the Lord.”