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129:1  Greatly they have afflicted me from my youth— let Israel say—
129:2  greatly they have afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not been able to defeat me.
129:3  On my back plowmen have plowed. They made their furrows long.
129:4  The Lord is righteous. He has cut the ropes of the wicked to pieces.
129:5  Let all who hate Zion be ashamed and turned back.
129:6  Let them be like grass on the roof, which withers even before it is pulled up.
129:7  The reaper cannot fill his hand with it. The one who binds sheaves cannot fill his arms.
129:8  May those who pass by never say, “The blessing of the Lord be with you. We bless you in the name of the Lord.”