Psalm 129

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   The security of Israel.
   A Song of degrees.
   1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say;
   
2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth; yet they have not prevailed against me.
   
3 The ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
   
4 The Lord is righteous; he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
   
5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
   
6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up.
   
7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
   
8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you; we bless you in the name of the Lord.