1 “From the time I was young, people have attacked me. . .”(Israel should repeat this.)
2 “From the time I was young, people have attacked me,but they have never overpowered me.
3 They have plowed my back ⌊like farmers plow fields⌋.They made long slashes ⌊like furrows⌋.”
4 The Lord is righteous.He has cut me loosefrom the ropes that wicked people tied around me.
5 Put to shame all those who hate Zion.Force them to retreat.
6 Make them be like grass on a roof,like grass that dries up before it produces a stalk.
7 It will never fill the barns of those who harvestor the arms of those who gather bundles.
8 Those who pass by will never say ⌊to them⌋,“May you be blessed by the Lord”or “We bless you in the name of the Lord.”