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Psalms 129

8 aligned verses; 8 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse YLT Young's Literal Translation BSB Berean Standard Bible
A Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth , Pray, let Israel say:
A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth let Israel now declare—
Often they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me.
many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.
Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.
The plowmen plowed over my back ; they made their furrows long .
Jehovah ` is ' righteous , He hath cut asunder cords of the wicked.
The LORD is righteous ; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.
Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion.
May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame .
They are as grass of the roofs , That before it was drawn out withereth ,
May they be like grass on the rooftops , which withers before it can grow ,
That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.
unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.
And the passers by have not said , ` The blessing of Jehovah `is' on you , We blessed you in the Name of Jehovah!'
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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