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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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch23129" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn23129" class="cn"><a class="xlef" hlef="#rbk23"><span class="ac">Psalm</span> 129</a><a id="rfn23129000-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23129000-1">*</a></h1> <h1 class="cs">Against Israel’s Enemies</h1> <p class="pf-center"><span id="v23129001" class="ver">1</span>A song of ascents.</p> <p class="chsect">I</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">Viciously have they attacked me from my youth,</p> <p class="sl1">let Israel say now.<a id="ren23129001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23129001-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23129002" class="ver">2</span>Viciously have they attacked me from my youth,<a id="ren23129002-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23129002-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl1">yet they have not prevailed against me.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23129003" class="ver">3</span>Upon my back the plowers plowed,</p> <p class="sl1">as they traced their long furrows.<a id="ren23129003-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23129003-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23129004" class="ver">4</span>But the just <span class="tetr">Lord</span> cut me free</p> <p class="sl1">from the ropes of the wicked.<a id="rfn23129004-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23129004-1">*</a></p> </div> <p class="chsect">II</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23129005" class="ver">5</span>May they recoil in disgrace,</p> <p class="sl1">all who hate Zion.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23129006" class="ver">6</span>May they be like grass on the rooftops<a id="rfn23129006-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23129006-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">withered in early growth,<a id="ren23129006-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23129006-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23129007" class="ver">7</span>Never to fill the reaper’s hands,</p> <p class="sl1">nor the arms of the binders of sheaves,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23129008" class="ver">8</span>And with none passing by to call out:</p> <p class="sl1">“The blessing of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> be upon you!<a id="rfn23129008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23129008-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">We bless you in the name of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>!”<a id="ren23129008-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23129008-e">e</a></p> </div> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" 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