Psalm 129
A Song of Ascents. 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up', let Israel now say;
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A Song of Ascents. Much have they afflicted me from my youth up, let Israel now say;
שיר, המעלות:רבת, צררוני מנעורי-- יאמר-נא, ישראל.
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Much have they afflicted me from my youth up; but they have not prevailed against me.
רבת, צררוני מנעורי; גם, לא-יכלו לי.
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The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
על-גבי, חרשו חרשים; האריכו, למענותם למעניתם.
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The LORD is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
יהוה צדיק; קצץ, עבות רשעים.
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Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all they that hate Zion.
יבשו, ויסגו אחור-- כל, שנאי ציון.
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Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it springeth up;
יהיו, כחציר גגות-- שקדמת שלף יבש.
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Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
שלא מלא כפו קוצר; וחצנו מעמר.
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Neither do they that go by say: The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.
ולא אמרו, העברים-- ברכת-יהוה אליכם;ברכנו אתכם, בשם יהוה.