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"Many times they have attacked me from my youth up," Let Israel say,

Psalms 129:1

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

"Many times they have attacked me from my youth up; Yet they have not prevailed against me.

Psalms 129:2

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.

"The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows."

Psalms 129:3

The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

The LORD is righteous; He has cut up the ropes of the wicked.

Psalms 129:4

The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

May all who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned backward;

Psalms 129:5

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

May they be like grass upon the housetops, Which withers before it grows up;

Psalms 129:6

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

With which the harvester does not fill his hand, Or the binder of sheaves his arms;

Psalms 129:7

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

Nor do those who pass by say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you; We bless you in the name of the LORD."

Psalms 129:8

Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we bless you in the name of the Lord .

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