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1 “They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,” let Israel say;
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"Often have they attacked me from my youth" —let Israel now say—
2 “they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.
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"often have they attacked me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.
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The plowers plowed on my back; they made their furrows long."
4 But the LORD is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.”
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The Lord is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.
5 May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
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May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward.
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 housetops that withers before it grows up,
7 a reaper cannot fill his hands with it, nor one who gathers fill his arms.
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with which reapers do not fill their hands or binders of sheaves their 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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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!"