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Third Millennium Bible TMB
1 “They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,” let Israel say;
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<<A song of degrees.>> "Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth"--may 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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"many a time have they afflicted 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 upon my back; they made long their furrows."
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 hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
5 May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
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Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
6 May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;
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Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth before it groweth up,
7 a reaper cannot fill his hands with it, nor one who gathers fill his arms.
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wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom.
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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Neither do those who go by say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD."