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Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.
2:
Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me.
3:
The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity.
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The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners:
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let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion.
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Let them be as grass on the tops of houses: which withered before it be plucked up:
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Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.
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And they that have passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.