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\c 129
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\d A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship.
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\q1
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\v 1 I say that my enemies have afflicted me ever since I was young.
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\q1 Now I ask you, my fellow Israelites, to repeat those same words:
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\v 2 "Our enemies have afflicted us since our nation began,
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\q2 but they have not defeated us!
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\v 3 Our enemies struck us with whips that cut into our backs
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\q as a farmer uses a plow to cuts deep furrows into the ground."
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\v 4 But Yahweh is righteous,
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\q2 and he has freed us from being slaves to wicked people.
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\v 5 I wish that they may all be shamed because we will defeat them—all of Jerusalem's enemies.
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\v 6 I hope that they may be of no value, like grass that grows on the roofs of houses,
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\q2 that dries up and does not grow tall;
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\v 7 no one wants to cut it and tie it up as bundles and carry it away.
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\v 8 People who pass by and see men harvesting grain usually greet them by saying to them,
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\q2 "We wish that Yahweh may bless you!"
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\q1 But this will not happen to the enemies of Israel.
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\q1 We, acting as Yahweh's representatives, bless you, our fellow Israelites!
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