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Psalm 129 [Douay 128]
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Psalm 129 in modern numbering
1 Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say:
2 many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.
4 The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
5 Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.
6 Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
7 with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.
8 Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of the LORD be on you. We bless you in the LORD’s name.”
1 Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.
2 Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me.
3 The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity.
4 The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners:
5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion.
6 Let them be as grass upon the tops of houses: which withereth before it be plucked up:
7 Who with the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.
8 And they that passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.