Psalm 129129PsalmsBook 5American King James Version

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1. The Cords of the Wicked

2. 1AKJVA song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:BSBBSB: A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth—let Israel now declare—
3. 2AKJVMany a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.BSBBSB: many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.
4. 3AKJVThe plowers plowed on my back: they made long their furrows.BSBBSB: The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
5. 4AKJVThe LORD is righteous: he has cut asunder the cords of the wicked.BSBBSB: The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.
6. 5AKJVLet them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.BSBBSB: May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
7. 6AKJVLet them be as the grass on the housetops, which wither before it grows up:BSBBSB: May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,
8. 7AKJVWith which the mower fills not his hand; nor he that binds sheaves his bosom.BSBBSB: unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.
9. 8AKJVNeither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be on you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.BSBBSB: May none who pass by say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.”

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