Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
New International Version NIV
1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now 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 plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
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Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.
4 The LORD <em>is</em> righteous; he has 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 All those that hate Zion shall all be confounded and turned back.
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May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
6 They shall be as the grass <em>upon</em> the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
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May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;
7 with which the reaper does not fill his hand nor he that binds sheaves his bosom.
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a reaper cannot fill his hands with it, nor one who gathers fill his arms.
8 Neither did those who go by say, The blessing of the LORD <em>be</em> upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.
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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.”
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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