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Psalm 129 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me.
Let all Israel repeat this:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:2 - From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me,
but they have never defeated me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:3 - My back is covered with cuts,
as if a farmer had plowed long furrows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:4 - But the LORD is good;
he has cut me free from the ropes of the ungodly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:5 - May all who hate Jerusalem[fn]
be turned back in shameful defeat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:6 - May they be as useless as grass on a rooftop,
turning yellow when only half grown,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:7 - ignored by the harvester,
despised by the binder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:8 - And may those who pass by
refuse to give them this blessing:
“The LORD bless you;
we bless you in the LORD’s name.”
See the NLT Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
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Hebrew Zion.
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Psalm Chapter 129 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras