^1. A Song of Ascents. "Sorely have they afflicted me from my youth," let Israel now say--

^2. "Sorely have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.

^3. The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows."

^4. The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.

^5. May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward!

^6. Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,

^7. with which the reaper does not fill his hand or the binder of sheaves his bosom,

^8. while those who pass by do not say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you! We bless you in the name of the LORD!"

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