Psalm 129129PsalmsBook 5Revised Version

Revised VersionBerean Standard Bible

1. The Cords of the Wicked

2. 1RVA Song of Ascents. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, let Israel now say;BSBBSB: A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth—let Israel now declare—
3. 2RVMany a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: 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. 3RVThe plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.BSBBSB: The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
5. 4RVThe LORD 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. 5RVLet them be ashamed and turned backward, all they that hate Zion.BSBBSB: May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
7. 6RVLet them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:BSBBSB: May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,
8. 7RVWherewith the reaper 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. 8RVNeither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon 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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