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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 have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:(a)
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Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.(b)
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The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
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The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
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Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
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Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
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Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
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Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we bless you in the name of the Lord .

Footnotes

(a)129:1 Many…: or, Much
(b)129:2 Many…: or, Much

The snares of the wicked

1
Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say:
2
many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.
3
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.”