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Psalm 129Protection of the Oppressed
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Since my youth they have often attacked me-- let Israel say--
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since my youth they have often attacked me, but they have not prevailed against me.
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Plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
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The Lord is righteous; he has cut the ropes of the wicked.
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Let all who hate Zion be driven back in disgrace.
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Let them be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it grows up
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and can't even fill the hands of the reaper or the arms of the one who binds sheaves.
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Then none who pass by will say, "May the Lord's blessing be on you.
We bless you in the name of the Lord."