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Tahiliym 129

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Book V: The Tenth Song of Degrees and the Persistence of Yashar'al

A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Yashar'al now say:
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Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
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The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
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𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
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The Imprecation Against the Haters of Tziyon

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Tziyon.
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Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
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Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
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Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 be upon you: we bless you in the name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.