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Psalms 129
Song of Ascents
1 Hard as they have harried me since I was young – let Israel repeat it –
2 Hard as they have harried me since I was young, they have not overcome me.
3 Ploughmen have ploughed on my back longer and longer furrows,
4 but now Yahweh the Righteous has shattered the yoke of the wicked.
5 May they all be thrown into confusion, be routed, who have hated Zion,
6 be blasted by winds from the east like grass sprouting on the roof!
7 Roof-grass never yet filled reaper’s arm or binder’s lap –
8 and no one passing them will ever say, ‘Yahweh’s blessing on you!’ We bless you in the name of Yahweh.