1"Many times they have afflicted me from my youth," let Israel now say:
2"Many times they have afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not overcome me."
3The plowers plowed upon my back. They made their furrows long.
4"The LORD is righteous. He has cut through the ropes of the wicked."
5Let all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned back.
6Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which dries up before it grows:
7The mower does not fill his hand with it, nor does the one who binds sheaves fill his arms.
8And those who pass by do not say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you. We bless you in the name of the LORD."