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“They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,” let Israel say;
2
“they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.
3
Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.
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But the LORD is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.”
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May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.