A song of ascents: They have greatly afflicted me from my youth—let Israel now say—

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

They have greatly afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.

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

The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

The LORD is righteous; He has cut the cords of the wicked.

The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

Let all who hate Zion be shamed and turned back.

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

Let them be like grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

with which the reaper does not fill his hand, nor the binder of sheaves his arms.

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

And those who pass by do not say, 'The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.'

Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.