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

“ Many times they have persecuted 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 times they have persecuted 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 lengthened their furrows.”

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

The Lord is righteous; He has cut in two the cords of the wicked.

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

May all who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned backward;

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

Let them be like grass upon the housetops, Which withers before it grows up;

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

With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Or the binder of 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.

Nor do those who pass by say, “The blessing of the Lord be upon you; We bless you in the name of the Lord.”