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1 The song of degrees. Israel say now; Oft they have fought against me from my youth. (Let Israel say now; they have often fought against me from my youth.)
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“They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,” let Israel say;
2 Oft they [have] fought against me from my youth; and soothly they might not to me (Yea, they have often fought against me from my youth; but truly they could never overcome me.)
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“they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.
3 Sinners forged on my back; they made long their wickedness. (The sinners scourged my back; they made their furrows deep and long in me.)
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Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.
4 The Lord is just, (he) shall beat (together) the nolls of sinners; (But the Lord is just, and he shall free me from the bonds of the wicked;)
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But the LORD is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.”
5 all that hate Zion be they shamed, and turned aback. (let all who hate Zion be put to shame, and be turned, or driven, back.)
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May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
6 Be they made as the hay of housetops; that dried up, before that it be drawn up. (Be they made like the grass on the rooftops; it dried up, before that it could be pulled up.)
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May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;
7 Of which hay he that shall reap, shall not fill his hand; and he that shall gather handfuls, shall not fill his bosom. (Of which grass he who shall reap, shall not get a handful; and he who shall gather handfuls, shall not get an armful.)
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a reaper cannot fill his hands with it, nor one who gathers fill his arms.
8 And they that passed forth said not, The blessing of the Lord be on you; we blessed you in the name of the Lord. (And so they who pass by, shall never say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you; we bless you in the name of the Lord.)
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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.”
Copyright © 2001 by Terence P. Noble. For personal use only.
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