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which cannot fill the reaper’s hand,
or the lap of the one who gathers the grain.
Those who pass by will not say,[a]
“May you experience the Lord’s blessing!
We pronounce a blessing on you in the name of the Lord.”

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  1. Psalm 129:8 tn The perfect verbal form is used for rhetorical effect; it describes an anticipated development as if it were already reality.

The reaper cannot fill his hand with it.
The one who binds sheaves cannot fill his arms.
May those who pass by never say,
“The blessing of the Lord be with you.
We bless you in the name of the Lord.”

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