Verse 1
Many times have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
Verse 2
Many times have they 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.
Verse 3
The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
Verse 4
The LORD is righteous; He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
Verse 5
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
Verse 6
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up:
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
Verse 7
With which the mower does not fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves his bosom.
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
Verse 8
Neither do those who go by 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.