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- Chapter 129 -

The snares of the wicked

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A song of ascents. “Often since my youth they have attacked me,” let Israel say.
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“Often since my youth they have attacked me, yet they have not defeated 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 the ropes of the wicked.”
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May they all be put to shame and turned back, those who hate Zion.
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May they be like the grass on the housetops that withers before it grows up,
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that cannot fill the reaper’s hand or the chest of the one who binds sheaves.
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May those who pass by not say, “May the blessing of Yahweh be on you; we bless you in the name of Yahweh.”

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.”