GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
1 "From the time I was young, people have attacked me..." (Israel should repeat this.)
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“They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,” let Israel say;
2 "From the time I was young, people have attacked me, but they have never overpowered me.
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“they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.
3 They have plowed my back [like farmers plow fields]. They made long slashes [like furrows]."
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Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.
4 The LORD is righteous. He has cut me loose from the ropes that wicked people tied around me.
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But the LORD is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.”
5 Put to shame all those who hate Zion. Force them to retreat.
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May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
6 Make them be like grass on a roof, like grass that dries up before it produces a stalk.
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May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;
7 It will never fill the barns of those who harvest or the arms of those who gather bundles.
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a reaper cannot fill his hands with it, nor one who gathers fill his arms.
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