2My oppressors have been many from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.

3They have scourged me upon my back; they have made long their oppression.

4The LORD is righteous; he will cut asunder the cord of the wicked.

5Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

6Let them be as the grass upon the house tops, which pulls out and withers when the wind strikes it,

7Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he who binds sheaves his bosom.

8Neither do they who pass by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.