Psalm 129129PsalmsBook 5unfoldingWord® Literal Text

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1. The Cords of the Wicked

2. 1ULTA song of ascents. Abundantly they have afflicted me from my youth. Let Israel indeed say:BSBBSB: A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth—let Israel now declare—
3. 2ULTAbundantly they have afflicted me from my youth; however, they did not prevail against me.BSBBSB: many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.
4. 3ULTUpon my back the plowers plowed; they made long their furrows.BSBBSB: The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
5. 4ULTYahweh{ is} righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.BSBBSB: The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.
6. 5ULTLet them have shame and withdraw backward, all the haters of Zion.BSBBSB: May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
7. 6ULTLet them be like grass of the rooftops, that before one pulls{ it} out, it dries up,BSBBSB: May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,
8. 7ULTthat the reaper does not fill his palm{ with}, and the one binding sheaves,{ does} not fill his bosom,BSBBSB: unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.
9. 8ULTand those passing by do not say,“The blessing of Yahweh{ be} upon you; we bless you in the name of Yahweh.”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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