Psalm 129 Parallel Bible (The Emphasized Bible)

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¹ Many a time, have they harassed me from my youth, well may Israel say:

¹ A Song of Ascents.“^(a)Many times they have ^(b)^(A)persecuted me from my ^(B)youth up,”^(C)Let Israel now say,

¹ {A Song of degrees.} Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

¹ A song of ascents.Since my youth they have often attacked me—let Israel say—

¹ "Since my youth they have often persecuted me," let Israel repeat it,

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² Upon my back, have ploughmen ploughed, They have lengthened their furrow!

² “^(c)Many times they have ^(d)persecuted me from my youth up;Yet they have ^(D)not prevailed against me.

² Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.

² Since my youth they have often attacked me,but they have not prevailed against me.^(A)

² "Since my youth they have often persecuted me, yet they haven't defeated me.

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³ Yahweh, is righteous, He hath cut asunder the cords of the lawless.

³ “The plowers plowed upon my back;They lengthened their furrows.”

³ The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

³ Plowmen plowed over my back;they made their furrows long.^(B)

³ Wicked people ploughed over my back, creating long-lasting wounds."

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⁴ Let all who hate Zion, be ashamed and shrink back:

⁴ The Lord ^(E)is righteous;He has cut in two the ^(F)cords of the wicked.

⁴ The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

⁴ The Lord is righteous;He has cut the ropes of the wicked.^(C)

⁴ The LORD is righteous he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.

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⁵ Let them become like the grass of housetops, which, before it is pulled up, hath withered;

⁵ May all who ^(G)hate ZionBe ^(H)put to shame and turned backward;

⁵ Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

⁵ Let all who hate Zionbe driven back in disgrace.^(D)

⁵ Let all who hate Zion be turned away and be ashamed.

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⁶ Wherewith no reaper, hath filled his hand, nor binder, his bosom:

⁶ Let them be like ^(I)grass upon the housetops,Which withers before it ^(e)grows up;

⁶ Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

⁶ Let them be like grass on the rooftops,which withers before it grows up^(a)^(E)

⁶ May they become like a tuft of grass on a roof top, that withers before it takes root

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⁷ Neither have the passers-by ever said, The blessing of Yahweh, be unto you, - We have blessed you in the Name of Yahweh.

⁷ With which the reaper does not fill his ^(f)hand,Or the binder of sheaves his ^(J)bosom;

⁷ Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

⁷ and can’t even fill the hands of the reaperor the arms of the one who binds sheaves.^(F)

⁷ not enough to fill one's hand or to bundle in one's arms.

Psalm 129

Protection Of The Oppressed