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693 B
Markdown
19 lines
693 B
Markdown
# Chapter 129
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1 From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me.
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Let all Israel repeat this:
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2 From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me,
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but they have never defeated me.
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3 My back is covered with cuts,
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as if a farmer had plowed long furrows.
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4 But the Lord is good;
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he has cut me free from the ropes of the ungodly.
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5 May all who hate Jerusalem
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be turned back in shameful defeat.
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6 May they be as useless as grass on a rooftop,
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turning yellow when only half grown,
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7 ignored by the harvester,
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despised by the binder.
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8 And may those who pass by
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refuse to give them this blessing:
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“The Lord bless you;
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we bless you in the Lord’s name.” |