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id="Ps.129.2" class="v19_129_2">2</span>“Since the time I was young,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_129_2">enemies have often attacked!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_129_2">But they have not defeated me,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_129_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.129.3" class="v19_129_3">3</span>though my back is like a field</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_129_3">that has just been plowed.”</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_129_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.129.4" class="v19_129_4">4</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> always does right,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_129_4">and he has set me free</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_129_4">from the ropes</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_129_4">of those cruel people.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_129_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.129.5" class="v19_129_5">5</span>I pray that all who hate</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_129_5">the city of Zion</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_129_5">will be made ashamed</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_129_5">and forced to turn and run.</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 be like grass</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_129_6">on the flat roof of a house,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_129_6">grass that dries up</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_129_6">as soon as it sprouts.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_129_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.129.7" class="v19_129_7">7</span>Don't let them be like wheat</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_129_7">gathered 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>And don't let anyone</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_129_8">who passes by say to them,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_129_8">“The <span class="nd">Lord</span> bless you!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_129_8">I give you my blessing</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_129_8">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;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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