A Song of Ascents. Many a time{H7227} have they afflicted{H6887} me from my youth{H5271} up, Let Israel{H3478} now say,{H559}

Many a time{H7227} have they afflicted{H6887} me from my youth{H5271} up: Yet they have not prevailed{H3201} against me.

The plowers{H2790} plowed{H2790} upon my back;{H1354} They made long{H748} their furrows.{H4618}

Jehovah{H3068} is righteous:{H6662} He hath cut asunder{H7112} the cords{H5688} of the wicked.{H7563}

Let them be put to shame{H954} and turned{H5472} backward,{H268} All they that hate{H8130} Zion.{H6726}

Let them be as the grass{H2682} upon the housetops,{H1406} Which withereth{H3001} before{H6927} it groweth up;{H8025}

Wherewith the reaper{H7114} filleth{H4390} not his hand,{H3709} Nor he that bindeth sheaves{H6014} his bosom.{H2683}

Neither do they that go by{H5674} say,{H559} The blessing{H1293} of Jehovah{H3068} be upon you; We bless{H1288} you in the name{H8034} of Jehovah.{H3068}