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A Prayer against All Who Hate Zion

129 “They have made it hard for me many times since I was young,” let Israel now say. “They have made it hard for me many times since I was young. But they have not won over me. Those who plow have plowed my back. And they have made their ditches long.” The Lord is right and good. He has cut in two the ropes of the sinful.

May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned away. Let them be like grass on the roof, which dries up before it grows. No one can pick it and fill his hand. No one can gather it and fill his arms. And those who pass by do not say, “May the Lord be good to you. We pray that good will come to you in the name of the Lord.”