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1 “They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,” let Israel say;
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<<A Song of Ascents.>> Many times have they afflicted me from my youth up. 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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Many times have they afflicted me from my youth up, 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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Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
5 May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
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Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All those who 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 on the housetops, Which 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 the reaper doesn't fill his hand, Nor he who binds 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 Yahweh be on you. We bless you in the name of Yahweh."
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