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Psalms 129

King James Version (KJV) - 1769

8 verses - Formal equivalence - Public Domain

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Psalms 129:1

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

Psalms 129:2

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.

Psalms 129:3

The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

Psalms 129:4

The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

Psalms 129:5

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

Psalms 129:6

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

Psalms 129:7

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

Psalms 129:8

Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we bless you in the name of the Lord.

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