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Psalms 129:7 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom. "
Psalms 129:7
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5 Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.
6 Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
7 with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.
8 Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of the LORD be on you. We bless you in the LORD’s name.”
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Psalms 129:1
"Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say:"
Psalms 129:2
"many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me."
Psalms 129:3
"The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long."
Psalms 129:4
"The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked."
Psalms 129:5
"Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion."
Psalms 129:6
"Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,"
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