1 “ Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth,” Let Israel now say—

2 “ Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth; Yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 T he plowers plowed on my back; They made their furrows long.”

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

5 L et all those who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned back.

6 L et them be as the grass on the housetops, Which withers before it grows up,

7 W ith which the reaper does not fill his hand, Nor he who binds sheaves, his arms.

8 N either let those who pass by them say, “The blessing of the Lord be upon you; We bless you in the name of the Lord!”