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The Book of Psalms

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- Chapter 129 -

The snares of the wicked

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Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth let Israel now declare—
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many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.
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The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
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The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.
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May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
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May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,
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unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.
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May none who pass by say to them,The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.”

The snares of the wicked

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Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say:
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many times they have 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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The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
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Let them be disappointed 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 the LORD be on you. We bless you in the LORD’s name.”