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1 They have treated me badly all my life. (Let Israel repeat this.)
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“Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth”— let Israel now say—
2 They have treated me badly all my life, but they have not defeated me.
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“Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 Like farmers plowing, they plowed over my back, making long wounds.
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The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows. ”
4 But the Lord does what is right; he has set me free from those wicked people.
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The Lord is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.
5 Let those who hate Jerusalem be turned back in shame.
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May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward!
6 Let them be like the grass on the roof that dries up before it has grown.
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Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
7 There is not enough of it to fill a hand or to make into a bundle to fill one's arms.
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with which the reaper does not fill his hand nor the binder of sheaves his arms,
8 Let those who pass by them not say, "May the Lord bless you. We bless you by the power of the Lord." A song for going up to worship.
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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! ”