King James Version KJV
English Standard Version ESV
1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
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"Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth"-- let Israel now say--
2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
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"Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
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The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows."
4 The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
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The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.
5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
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May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward!
6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
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Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
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with which the reaper does not fill his hand nor the binder of sheaves his arms,
8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
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nor do those who pass by say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you! We bless you in the name of the LORD!"
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