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Chapter 128

Psalms · King David

Ps 128:1

¹ A Song of Degrees.

ᾨδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν.

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Ps 128:2

² Many a time have they warred against me from my youth:

πλεονάκις ἐπολέμησάν με ἐκ νεότητός μου, καὶ γὰρ οὐκ ἠδυνήθησάν μοι.

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Ps 128:3

³ The sinners wrought upon my back:

ἐπὶ τὸν νῶτόν μου ἐτέκταινον οἱ ἁμαρτωλοί, ἐμάκρυναν τὴν ἀνομίαν αὐτῶν.

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Ps 128:4

⁴ The righteous Lord has cut asunder the necks of sinners.

Κύριος δίκαιος συνέκοψεν αὐχένας ἁμαρτωλῶν.

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Ps 128:5

⁵ Let all that hate Zion

αἰσχυνθήτωσαν καὶ ἀποστραφήτωσαν εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω πάντες οἱ μισοῦντες Σιών.

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Ps 128:6

⁶ Let them be as the grass of the housetops,

γενηθήτωσαν ὡσεὶ χόρτος δωμάτων, ὃς πρὸ τοῦ ἐκσπασθῆναι ἐξηράνθη·

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Ps 128:7

⁷ Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand,

οὗ οὐκ ἐπλήρωσε τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ὁ θερίζων καὶ τὸν κόλπον αὐτοῦ ὁ τὰ δράγματα συλλέγων,

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Ps 128:8

⁸ Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you:

καὶ οὐκ εἶπαν οἱ παράγοντες· εὐλογία Κυρίου ἐφ᾿ ὑμᾶς, εὐλογήκαμεν ὑμᾶς ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου.

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Greek: Septuagint, public domain via eBible.org (grclxx). The English remains the primary text; the Greek is offered for study.