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A Song of Ascents. "Sorely have they afflicted me from my youth," let Israel now say--
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"Sorely have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.
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The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows."
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The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.
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May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward!
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Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version - Holy Bible)
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