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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Tehillim (Psalms) 129
129
1Often they have distressed me from my youth. Let Yisra’ĕl now say,
2“Often they have distressed me from my youth, But they have not overcome me.
3“The ploughers ploughed on my back, They made their furrows long.”
4יהוה is righteous, He has cut the cords of the wrong in two.
5Let all those who hate Tsiyon Be put to shame and turned back.
6Let them be as the grass on the house-tops, Which withers before it grows up,
7That shall not fill the reaper’s hand, Nor the sheaves fill the binder’s bosom.
8And those who pass by shall not say, “The blessing of יהוה be upon you; We have blessed you in the Name of יהוה!”
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