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Tehillim - Psalms - Chapter 129

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Chapter 129

1. A song of ascents. Much have they distressed me from my youth, Israel will say now.   א. שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרָי יֹאמַר נָא יִשְׂרָאֵל:
2. Much have they distressed me from my youth, but also they have not prevailed against me.   ב. רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרָי גַּם לֹא יָכְלוּ לִי:
3. On my back, the plowmen plowed; they lengthened their furrow.   ג. עַל גַּבִּי חָרְשׁוּ חֹרְשִׁים הֶאֱרִיכוּ לְמַעֲנִיתָם:
the plowmen… they lengthened their furrow: That is the hill of the plowshare, as (I Sam. 13:14): “about half a furrow (מענה) [which] a yoke [of oxen plow in] a field.”  
4. The Lord is righteous; He will cut the ropes of the wicked.   ד. יְהֹוָה צַדִּיק קִצֵּץ עֲבוֹת רְשָׁעִים:
5. May all those who hate Zion be ashamed and retreat.   ה. יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִסֹּגוּ אָחוֹר כֹּל שֹׂנְאֵי צִיּוֹן:
6. May they be like the grass of the roofs, which, before it is plucked, withers.   ו. יִהְיוּ כַּחֲצִיר גַּגּוֹת שֶׁקַּדְמַת שָׁלַף יָבֵשׁ:
which, before it is plucked, withers: Which, before they pluck it and uproot it from its place, is withered.  
7. Of which the reaper did not fill his hand, nor the gatherer his arm.   ז. שֶׁלֹּא מִלֵּא כַפּוֹ קוֹצֵר וְחִצְנוֹ מְעַמֵּר:
his arm: Like (Isa. 49:22): “and they will bring your sons in [their] arms (בחצן) ,” aisselle in French, and so (Neh. 5:13): “Also I shook out my arm (חצני).”  
8. And the passers-by did not say, "May the blessing of the Lord be to you; we have blessed you in the name of the Lord."   ח. וְלֹא אָמְרוּ | הָעֹבְרִים בִּרְכַּת יְהֹוָה אֲלֵיכֶם בֵּרַכְנוּ אֶתְכֶם בְּשֵׁם יְהֹוָה:
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