Verse 1
Psalms 129:1
Bible in Basic English
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<A Song of the going up.> Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say);
Original Language Text
hebrew
שִׁ֗יר הַֽ/מַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת רַ֭בַּת צְרָר֣וּ/נִי מִ/נְּעוּרַ֑/י יֹֽאמַר נָ֝א יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
English Translation
A song of ascents: "From my youth, Israel will say, 'I have been greatly oppressed.'"
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Chapter 129 Context
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<A Song of the going up.> Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now...
2
Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young, but my troubles have not overcome me.
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3
The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made.
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4
The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.
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5
Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back.
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6
Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.
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7
He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.
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8
And those who go by do not say, The blessing of the Lord be on you; we give you blessing in the name...
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Verse Information
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- Psalms
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- Chapter 129 (8 verses)
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- Bible in Basic English