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1 {A Song of degrees.} Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth -- oh let Israel say --
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1 They have greatly oppressed me from my youth-- let Israel say--
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2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth; yet they have not prevailed against me.
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2 they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.
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3 The ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
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3 Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.
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4 Jehovah is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
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4 But the LORD is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.
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5 Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all that hate Zion;
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5 May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
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6 Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,
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6 May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;
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7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom;
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7 with it the reaper cannot fill his hands, nor the one who gathers fill his arms.
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8 Neither do the passers-by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; we bless you in the name of Jehovah!
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8 May those who pass by not say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD."
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