Good News Translation GNT
New International Version NIV
1 Israel, tell us how your enemies have persecuted you ever since you were young.
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“They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,” let Israel say;
2 "Ever since I was young, my enemies have persecuted me cruelly, but they have not overcome me.
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“they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.
3 They cut deep wounds in my back and made it like a plowed field.
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Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.
4 But the Lord, the righteous one, has freed me from slavery."
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But the LORD is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.”
5 May everyone who hates Zion be defeated and driven back.
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May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
6 May they all be like grass growing on the housetops, which dries up before it can grow;
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May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;
7 no one gathers it up or carries it away in bundles.
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a reaper cannot fill his hands with it, nor one who gathers fill his arms.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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