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Psalm 129:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

2 Viciously have they attacked me from my youth,(A)
    yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 Upon my back the plowers plowed,
    as they traced their long furrows.(B)
4 But the just Lord cut me free
    from the ropes of the wicked.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 129:4 The ropes of the wicked: usually understood as the rope for yoking animals to the plow. If it is severed, the plowing (cf. Ps 129:3) comes to a halt.
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