1 ¶ Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,

2 M any a time have they afflicted me from my youth; yet they have not prevailed against me.

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: Yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 T he plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.

The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.

4 T he LORD is righteous; he has cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

Jehovah is righteous: He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

5 ¶ All those that hate Zion shall all be confounded and turned back.

Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.

6 T hey shall be as the grass upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up,

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;

7 w ith which the reaper does not fill his hand nor he that binds sheaves his bosom.

Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

8 N either did those who go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.

Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; We bless you in the name of Jehovah.