Psalm 129—They rent lines on my back like I was a field.

"They have harried and vexed and tested and maddened me—even from my youth."

Rendition of Psalm 129

They have hurt me so many times.
They have harried and vexed 
And tested and maddened me—
Even from my youth.
But they have not prevailed against me.
They rent lines on my back like I was a field.
Tbey stretched out their furrows
And sowed fireseed that does not blossom
But fruits malevolently where it lies.
But the Lord 
Is righteous. The Lord is good.
The Lord has cut the whips of the wicked.

May all those who hate God’s people
And God’s places be thrown back
And hang their heads.
May they be like grass that withers
Before it roots and spreads,
Before a harvest of strife
Is reaped from it.
But may the blessing of the Lord 
Rest on we who walk with him
And may it keep us from wrong.

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