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Psalms 129

8 aligned verses; 8 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse ASV American Standard Version BSB Berean Standard Bible
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,
A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth let Israel now declare—
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: Yet they have not prevailed against me.
many a time they have persecuted me from my youth , but they have not prevailed against me.
The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.
The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long .
Jehovah is righteous : He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
The LORD is righteous ; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.
Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.
May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame .
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops , Which withereth before it groweth up;
May they be like grass on the rooftops , which withers before it can grow,
Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand , Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom .
unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.
Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; We bless you in the name of Jehovah. Psalm 130 A Song of Ascents .
May none who pass by say to them , The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD .

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