New International Version NIV
New Century Version NCV
1 “They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,” let Israel say;
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They have treated me badly all my life. (Let Israel repeat this.)
2 “they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.
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They have treated me badly all my life, but they have not defeated me.
3 Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.
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Like farmers plowing, they plowed over my back, making long wounds.
4 But the LORD is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.”
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But the Lord does what is right; he has set me free from those wicked people.
5 May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
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Let those who hate Jerusalem be turned back in shame.
6 May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;
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Let them be like the grass on the roof that dries up before it has grown.
7 a reaper cannot fill his hands with it, nor one who gathers fill his arms.
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There is not enough of it to fill a hand or to make into a bundle to fill one's arms.
8 May those who pass by not say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.”
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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.