1 M uchas veces me han perseguido desde mi juventud, —diga ahora Israel —

Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,

2 m uchas veces me han perseguido desde mi juventud, pero no han prevalecido contra mí.

many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 S obre mis espaldas araron los aradores; alargaron sus surcos.

The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.

4 E l Señor es justo; ha cortado las coyundas de los impíos.

Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

5 S ean avergonzados y vueltos atrás todos los que odian a Sion.

Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.

6 S ean como hierba en los techos, que se seca antes de crecer.

Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up;

7 C on la cual el segador no llena su mano, ni el recogedor de gavillas sus brazos.

with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

8 Y no les digan los que pasan: La bendición del Señor sea sobre vosotros; os bendecimos en el nombre del Señor.

Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of Yahweh be on you. We bless you in Yahweh’s name.”