Psalms
The Psalter is Israel’s hymnbook: lament, praise, thanksgiving, royal psalms, and wisdom. It trains the heart to speak to God in trouble and in joy, and it points ahead to the Messiah.
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Psalms 128
1A Canticle in steps. They have often fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say: 2they have often fought against me from my youth, yet they could not prevail over me. 3The sinners have made fabrications behind my back. They have prolonged their iniquity. 4The just Lord will cut the necks of sinners. 5Let all those who hate Zion be confounded and turned backwards. 6Let them be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can be pulled up: 7with it, he who reaps does not fill his hand and he who gathers sheaves does not fill his bosom. 8And those who were passing by have not said to them: “The blessing of the Lord be upon you. We have blessed you in the name of the Lord.”
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