| 1 | Many a time
and
much have they afflicted me from my youth up—let Israel now say— |
| 2 | Many a time
and
much have they afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me. |
| 3 | The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows. |
| 4 | The Lord is [uncompromisingly] righteous; He has cut asunder the thick cords by which the wicked [enslaved us]. |
| 5 | Let them all be put to shame and turned backward who hate Zion. |
| 6 | Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up, |
| 7 | With which the mower fills not his hand, nor the binder of sheaves his bosom— |
| 8 | While those who go by do not say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you! We bless you in the name of the Lord! |
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