1 “Often they have afflicted me from my youth,”may Israel now say,
2 “often they have afflicted me from my youth,yet they have not prevailed againstme.
3 The plowmen plowed upon my back;they made their furrows long.”
4 The Lord is righteous;He has cut the cords of the wicked.
5 Let all those be shamedand turned back who hate Zion.
6 Let them be as the grass on the housetops,which withers before it even grows,
7 where the reaper is unable to fill his hand,or he who binds sheaves, his arms.
8 Neither do they who pass by say,“The blessing of the Lord be upon you;we bless you in the name of the Lord!”