1 “ Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up,” Let Israel now say,

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

2 “ Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up; 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 “ The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows.”

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

4 T he Lord is righteous; He has cut in two the cords of the wicked.

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

5 M ay all who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned backward;

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

6 L et them be like 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, Or the binder of sheaves his bosom;

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

8 N or do those who pass 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.