Psalm 129

1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
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2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
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3 The plowers plowed on my back: they made long their furrows.
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4 The LORD is righteous: he has cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
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5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
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6 Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which wither before it grows up:
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7 With which the mower fills not his hand; nor he that binds sheaves his bosom.
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8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be on you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
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