The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 A song of ascents: Since I was young they have often attacked me -let Isra'el repeat it
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<A Song of the going up.> Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say);
2 since I was young they have often attacked me, but they haven't overcome me.
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Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young, but my troubles have not overcome me.
3 The plowmen plowed on my back; wounding me with long furrows.
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The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made.
4 But ADONAI is righteous; he cuts me free from the yoke of the wicked.
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The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.
5 Let all who hate Tziyon be thrown back in confusion.
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Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back.
6 Let them be like grass on the roof, which dries out before it grows up
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Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.
7 and never fills the reaper's hands or the arms of the one who binds sheaves,
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He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.
8 so that no passer-by says, "ADONAI's blessing on you! We bless you in the name of ADONAI!"
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And those who go by do not say, The blessing of the Lord be on you; we give you blessing in the name of the Lord.