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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 129 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/129.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/129-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Psalm 129</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/128.htm" title="Psalm 128">◄</a> Psalm 129 <a href="../psalms/130.htm" title="Psalm 130">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">A Prayer against Israel's Enemies</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_129_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.129.1" class="v19_129_1">1</span>Israel, tell us how your enemies have persecuted you</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_129_1">ever since you were young.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_129_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.129.2" class="v19_129_2">2</span>“Ever since I was young,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_129_2">my enemies have persecuted me cruelly,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_129_2">but they have not overcome me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_129_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.129.3" class="v19_129_3">3</span>They cut deep wounds in my back</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_129_3">and made it like a plowed field.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_129_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.129.4" class="v19_129_4">4</span>But the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, the righteous one,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_129_4">has freed me from slavery.”</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_129_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.129.5" class="v19_129_5">5</span>May everyone who hates Zion</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_129_5">be defeated and driven back.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_129_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.129.6" class="v19_129_6">6</span>May they all be like grass growing on the housetops,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_129_6">which dries up before it can grow;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_129_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.129.7" class="v19_129_7">7</span>no one gathers it up</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_129_7">or carries it away in bundles.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_129_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.129.8" class="v19_129_8">8</span>No one who passes by will say,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_129_8">“May the <span class="nd">Lord</span> bless you!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_129_8">We bless you in the name of the <span class="nd">Lord</span>.”</span></p></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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