Holy Scripture

Psalms 128:5

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“May the Lord bless you out of Zion. Out of this Zion? And how does another prophet say 'Zion shall be plowed like a field'? The Lord also says: 'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kill the prophets, and stone those who are sent to you.' Indeed, when the Lord had drawn near to Jerusalem, and had seen it, he wept. But when he we…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Homily 42, on Psalm 127

Source: Septuagint

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5Let all that hate Zion Be put to shame and turned back.

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3The sinners wrought upon my back: They prolonged their iniquity.

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

— Psalms 128:5 —

6Let them be as the grass of the housetops, Which withers before it is plucked up.

7Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, Nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom.

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