Tehillim 129
129
(Shir HaMa'alot)
1Many a time have they afflicted me from my ne'ur, may Yisroel now say;
2Many a time have they afflicted me from my ne'ur (youth); yet they have not prevailed against me.
3The choreshim (plowers) plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
4 Hashem is tzaddik; He hath cut asunder the cords of the resha'im.
5Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Tziyon.#129:5 i.e, all anti-Semites
6Let them be as the khatzir (grass) upon the housetops, which withereth before it groweth up;
7With it the kotzer (reaper) filleth not his yad; nor he that gathereth sheaves, his bosom.
8Neither do they which go by say, Birkat Hashem be upon you; we bless you b'Shem Hashem.
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Psalms 129
129
(A song for worship.)
A Prayer for Protection
1Since the time I was young,
enemies have often attacked!
Let everyone in Israel say:
2“Since the time I was young,
enemies have often attacked!
But they have not defeated me,
3though my back is like a field
that has just been plowed.”
4The Lord always does right,
and he has set me free
from the ropes
of those cruel people.
5I pray that all who hate
the city of Zion
will be made ashamed
and forced to turn and run.
6May they be like grass
on the flat roof of a house,
grass that dries up
as soon as it sprouts.
7Don't let them be like wheat
gathered in bundles.
8And don't let anyone
who passes by say to them,
“The Lord bless you!
I give you my blessing
in the name of the Lord.”
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