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Psalms 129

Bible in Basic English (BBE) - 1949

8 verses - Simplified vocabulary - Public Domain

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Psalms 129:1

A Song of the going up.

Psalms 129:2

Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young, but my troubles have not overcome me.

Psalms 129:3

The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made.

Psalms 129:4

The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.

Psalms 129:5

Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back.

Psalms 129:6

Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.

Psalms 129:7

He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.

Psalms 129:8

And those who go by do not say, The blessing of the Lord be on you; we give you blessing in the name of the Lord.

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