Psalm 129

Prayer for the Overthrow of Zion’s Enemies.

A Song of Ascents.

“Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up,”
Let Israel now say,
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“Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up;
Yet they have not prevailed against me.
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“The plowers plowed upon my back;
They lengthened their furrows.”
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The Lord is righteous;
He has cut in two the cords of the wicked.

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May all who hate Zion
Be put to shame and turned backward;
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Let them be like grass upon the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up;
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With which the reaper does not fill his hand,
Or the binder of sheaves his bosom;
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Nor do those who pass by say,
“The blessing of the Lord be upon you;
We bless you in the name of the Lord.”