Psalms 128

1A Song of Degrees. Many a time have they warred against me from my youth, let Israel now say: 1

2Many a time have they warred against me from my youth: and yet they prevailed not against me. 1

3The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their + 128:3 שיך iniquity, easily read for שוכה a furrow. iniquity. 1

4The righteous Lord has cut asunder the necks of sinners. 1

5Let all that hate Sion be put to shame and turned back. 1

6Let them be as the grass of the housetops, which withers before it is plucked up. 1

7Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom. 1

8Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.

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