The Darby Translation DBY
New International Version NIV
1 {A Song of degrees.} Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth -- oh let Israel 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 ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
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Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.
4 Jehovah 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 be ashamed and turned backward, all 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 is plucked up,
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May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;
7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom;
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a reaper cannot fill his hands with it, nor one who gathers fill his arms.
8 Neither do the passers-by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; we bless you in the name of Jehovah!
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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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