2 ‘they have greatly oppressed me from my youth,but they have not gained the victory over me.
3 Ploughmen have ploughed my backand made their furrows long.
4 But the Lord is righteous;he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.’
5 May all who hate Zionbe turned back in shame.
6 May they be like grass on the roof,which withers before it can grow;
7 a reaper cannot fill his hands with it,nor one who gathers fill his arms.
8 May those who pass by not say to them,‘The blessing of the Lord be on you;we bless you in the name of the Lord.’