American Standard Version ASV
Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,
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Since my youth they have often attacked me- let Israel say-
2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: Yet they have not prevailed against me.
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Since my youth they have often attacked me, but they have not prevailed against me.
3 The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.
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Plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
4 Jehovah is righteous: He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
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The Lord is righteous; He has cut the ropes of the wicked.
5 Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.
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Let all who hate Zion be driven back in disgrace.
6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;
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Let them be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it grows up
7 Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
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and can't even fill the hands of the reaper or the arms of the one who binds sheaves.
8 Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; We bless you in the name of Jehovah.
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Then none who pass by will say, "May the Lord's blessing be on you." We bless you in the name of the Lord.
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