Psalm 129 129 Psalms Book 5 Wycliffe Bible (c. 1395) 1 WYC The `title of the hundrid and eiyte and twentithe `salm. The song of greces. Israel seie now; Ofte thei fouyten ayens me fro my yongth. BSB BSB: A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth—let Israel now declare—
2 WYC Ofte thei fouyten ayens me fro my yongthe; and sotheli thei miyten not to me. BSB BSB: many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.
3 WYC Synneris forgeden on my bak; thei maden long her wickidnesse. BSB BSB: The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
4 WYC The `iust Lord schal beete the nollis of synneris; BSB BSB: The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.
5 WYC alle that haten Sion be schent, and turned abak. BSB BSB: May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
6 WYC Be thei maad as the hey of hous coppis; that driede vp, bifore that it be drawun vp. BSB BSB: May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,
7 WYC Of which hei he that schal repe, schal not fille his hond; and he that schal gadere hondfullis, schal not fille his bosum. BSB BSB: unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.
8 WYC And thei that passiden forth seiden not, The blessing of the Lord be on you; we blessiden you in the name of the Lord. BSB BSB: 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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