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1 From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me. Let all Israel repeat this:
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“They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,” let Israel say;
2 From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me, but they have never defeated me.
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“they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.
3 My back is covered with cuts, as if a farmer had plowed long furrows.
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Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.
4 But the LORD is good; he has cut me free from the ropes of the ungodly.
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But the LORD is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.”
5 May all who hate Jerusalem be turned back in shameful defeat.
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May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
6 May they be as useless as grass on a rooftop, turning yellow when only half grown,
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May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;
7 ignored by the harvester, despised by the binder.
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a reaper cannot fill his hands with it, nor one who gathers fill his arms.
8 And may those who pass by refuse to give them this blessing: “The LORD bless you; we bless you in the LORD ’s name.”
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May those who pass by not say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.”
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