129 - Sæpe expugnaverunt

1  “Many a time have they fought against me from my youth on,”  *
may Israel now say;
2  “Indeed, many a time have they afflicted me from my youth on,   *
but they have not prevailed against me.
3  The plowers plowed upon my back, *
and made long furrows.

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4  But the righteous Lord *
has hewn the snares of the ungodly in pieces.”
5  Let them be ashamed and turned backward, *
as many as hate Zion.
6  Let them be as the grass growing upon the housetops, *
which withers before it grows up,
7  Which does not fill the hand of the reaper, *
neither the bosom of him who binds up the sheaves,
8  So that those who go by say not so much as, “The Lord
  prosper you. *
We bless you in the Name of the Lord.”