Psalm 129

Protection Of The Oppressed 

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

                                    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 “Many times they have persecuted me (Israel) from my youth,”Let Israel now say,                                
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                                    2 "Since my youth they have often persecuted me, yet they haven't defeated me.                                

                                    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 “Many times they have persecuted me from my youth,Yet they have not prevailed against me.                                
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                                    3 Wicked people ploughed over my back, creating long-lasting wounds."                                

                                    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 “The [enemies, like] plowers plowed on my back;They made their furrows [of suffering] long [in Israel].”                                
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                                    4 The LORD is righteous      he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.                                

                                    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 in two the [thick] cords of the wicked [which enslaved the people of Israel].                                
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                                    5 Let all who hate Zion be turned away and be ashamed.                                

                                    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 May all who hate ZionBe put to shame and turned backward [in defeat].                                
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                                    6 May they become like a tuft of grass on a roof top, that withers before it takes root                                     

                                    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 Let them be like the grass on the housetops,Which withers before it grows up,                                
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                                    7 not enough to fill one's hand or to bundle in one's arms.                                

                                    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 With which the reaper does not fill his hand,Nor the binder of sheaves his arms,                                
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                                    8 And may those who pass by never tell them, "May the LORD's blessing be upon you. We bless you in the name of the LORD." A Song of Ascents                                

                                    8 Nor do those who pass by say,“The (K)blessing of the Lord be upon you;We bless you in the name of the Lord.”                                

                                    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.                                

                                    8 Then none who pass by will say,“May the Lord’s blessing be on you.”We bless you in the name of Yahweh.(G)                                

                                    8 Nor do those who pass by say,“The blessing of the Lord be upon you;We bless you in the name of the Lord.”