{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":129,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/128","next":"psalms/130","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth — let Israel now declare —","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"let Israel now declare —"}],"h":"The Cords of the Wicked","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"many a time they have persecuted me from my youth,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but they have not prevailed against me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The plowmen plowed over my back;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they made their furrows long."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The LORD is righteous;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He has cut me from the cords of the wicked."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"May all who hate Zion"},{"style":"indent2","t":"be turned back in shame."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"May they be like grass on the rooftops,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"which withers before it can grow,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"unable to fill the hands of the reaper,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or the arms of the binder of sheaves."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"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.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"May none who pass by say [to them],"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ The blessing of the LORD be on you;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"we bless you in the name of the LORD.”"}],"style":"indent1"}],"superscription":"A song of ascents."}