1 M any times they have afflicted 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 m any times they have afflicted 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 T he plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.

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

4 Y ahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

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

5 L et them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.

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

6 L et them be as the grass on 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 doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

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

8 N either do those who go by say, “The blessing of Yahweh be on you. We bless you in Yahweh’s name.”

Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; We bless you in the name of Jehovah.