The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
King James Version KJV
1 A song of ascents: Since I was young they have often attacked me -let Isra'el repeat it
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Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
2 since I was young they have often attacked me, but they haven't overcome me.
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Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 The plowmen plowed on my back; wounding me with long furrows.
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The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
4 But ADONAI is righteous; he cuts me free from the yoke of the wicked.
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The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
5 Let all who hate Tziyon be thrown back in confusion.
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Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
6 Let them be like grass on the roof, which dries out before it grows up
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Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
7 and never fills the reaper's hands or the arms of the one who binds sheaves,
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Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
8 so that no passer-by says, "ADONAI's blessing on you! We bless you in the name of ADONAI!"
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Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you 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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