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Psalms 129

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¹ Have you found [pleasure sweet like] honey? Eat only as much as you need, Otherwise, being filled excessively, you vomit it.

² Let your foot seldom be in your neighbor's house, Or he will become tired of you and hate you.

³ Like a club and a sword and a piercing arrow Is a man who testifies falsely against his neighbor (acquaintance).

⁴ Like a broken tooth or an unsteady foot Is confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble.

⁵ Like one who takes off a garment in cold weather, or like [a reactive, useless mixture of] vinegar on soda, Is he who [thoughtlessly] sings [joyful] songs to a heavy heart.

⁶ If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;

⁷ For in doing so, you will[2] heap coals of fire upon his head, And the LORD will reward you.

⁸ The north wind brings forth rain; And a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.

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1	Have you found [pleasure sweet like] honey? Eat only as much as you need, Otherwise, being filled excessively, you vomit it.
2	Let your foot seldom be in your neighbor's house, Or he will become tired of you and hate you.
3	Like a club and a sword and a piercing arrow Is a man who testifies falsely against his neighbor (acquaintance).
4	Like a broken tooth or an unsteady foot Is confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble.
5	Like one who takes off a garment in cold weather, or like [a reactive, useless mixture of] vinegar on soda, Is he who [thoughtlessly] sings [joyful] songs to a heavy heart.
6	If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
7	For in doing so, you will[2] heap coals of fire upon his head, And the LORD will reward you.
8	The north wind brings forth rain; And a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.

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