King James Version KJV
New Revised Standard NRS
1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
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"Often have they attacked 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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"often have they attacked 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 on my back; they made their furrows long."
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 that 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 reapers do not fill their hands or binders of sheaves their 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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while those who pass by do not say, "The blessing of the Lord be upon you! We bless you in the name of the Lord!"
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