1 “Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth,”Let Israel now say—
2 “Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth;Yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 The plowers plowed on my back;They made their furrows long.”
4 The Lord is righteous;He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked.
5 Let all those who hate ZionBe put to shame and turned back.
6 Let them be as the grass on the housetops,Which withers before it grows up,
7 With which the reaper does not fill his hand,Nor he who binds sheaves, his arms.
8 Neither let those who pass by them say,“The blessing of the Lord be upon you;We bless you in the name of the Lord!”