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.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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