Psalms 129 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 |Since my youth they have often persecuted me,| let Israel repeat it, “Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth”— let Israel now say— A song of ascents. “They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,” let Israel say;
2 |Since my youth they have often persecuted me, yet they haven't defeated me. “Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me. “they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.
3 Wicked people ploughed over my back, creating long-lasting wounds.| The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.” Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.
4 The LORD is righteous— he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked. The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked. But the LORD is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.”
5 Let all who hate Zion be turned away and be ashamed. May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward! May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
6 May they become like a tuft of grass on a roof top, that withers before it takes root— Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up, May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;
7 not enough to fill one's hand or to bundle in one's arms. with which the reaper does not fill his hand nor the binder of sheaves his arms, a reaper cannot fill his hands with it, nor one who gathers fill his arms.
8 And may those who pass by never tell them, |May the LORD's blessing be upon you. We bless you in the name of the LORD.| nor do those who pass by say, “The blessing of the LORD be upon you! We bless you in the name of the LORD!” May those who pass by not say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.”
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