1 M ucho me han angustiado desde mi juventud, puede decir ahora Israel;

“They have made it hard for me many times since I was young,” let Israel now say.

2 m ucho me han angustiado desde mi juventud, pero no prevalecieron contra mí.

“They have made it hard for me many times since I was young. But they have not won over me.

3 S obre mis espaldas araron los aradores, hicieron largos surcos.

Those who plow have plowed my back. And they have made their ditches long.”

4 ¡ Jehová es justo, cortó las coyundas de los impíos!

The Lord is right and good. He has cut in two the ropes of the sinful.

5 S erán avergonzados y vueltos atrás todos los que aborrecen a Sión.

May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned away.

6 S erán como la hierba de los tejados, que se seca antes de crecer,

Let them be like grass on the roof, which dries up before it grows.

7 d e la cual no llenó el segador su mano ni sus brazos el que hace gavillas;

No one can pick it and fill his hand. No one can gather it and fill his arms.

8 n i dijeron los que pasaban: «La bendición de Jehová sea sobre vosotros. ¡Os bendecimos en el nombre de Jehová!»

And those who pass by do not say, “May the Lord be good to you. We pray that good will come to you in the name of the Lord.”