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Psalms 129

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1 ⓐ “Greatly[1] have theyⓑ afflicted meⓒ from my youth” — ⓓlet Israel now say —
2 “Greatly have theyⓔ afflicted meⓕ from my youth, ⓖyet they have not prevailed against me.
3 ⓗ The plowers plowedⓘ upon my back; they made long their furrows.”
4 The LORD is righteous; he has cutⓙ the cords of the wicked.
5 May all who hate Zion beⓚ put to shame and turned backward!
6 Let them be likeⓛ the grass on the housetops, whichⓜ withers before it grows up,
7 with which the reaper does not fill his hand nor the binder of sheaves his arms,
8 nor do those who pass by say, ⓝ“The blessing of the LORD be upon you! Weⓞ bless you in the name of the LORD!”