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Psalm 129 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Psa 129:1

Psa 129:1A Song of Ascents. "Sorely have they afflicted me from my youth," let Israel now say--

Psa 129:2

Psa 129:2"Sorely have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.

Psa 129:3

Psa 129:3The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows."

Psa 129:4

Psa 129:4The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.

Psa 129:5

Psa 129:5May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward!

Psa 129:6

Psa 129:6Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,

Psa 129:7

Psa 129:7with which the reaper does not fill his hand or the binder of sheaves his bosom,

Psa 129:8

Psa 129:8while those who pass by do not say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you! We bless you in the name of the LORD!"
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