Psalm 129129PsalmsBook 5Darby Translation

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1. The Cords of the Wicked

2. 1DBYA Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth — oh let Israel say —BSBBSB: A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth—let Israel now declare—
3. 2DBYMany 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. 3DBYThe ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows.BSBBSB: The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
5. 4DBYJehovah is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.BSBBSB: The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.
6. 5DBYLet them be ashamed and turned backward, all that hate Zion;BSBBSB: May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
7. 6DBYLet them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,BSBBSB: May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,
8. 7DBYWherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom;BSBBSB: unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.
9. 8DBYNeither do the passers-by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; we bless you in the name of Jehovah!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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