The Webster Bible WBT
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1 A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
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“They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,” let Israel say;
2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
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“they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.
3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
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Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.
4 The LORD [is] righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
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But the LORD is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.”
5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
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May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
6 Let them be as the grass [upon] the house-tops, which withereth before it groweth up:
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May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;
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