| Berean Study Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1A Song of Ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth—let Israel now declare— | 1A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me. Let all Israel repeat this: |
| 2many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me. | 2From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me, but they have never defeated me. |
| 3The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long. | 3My back is covered with cuts, as if a farmer had plowed long furrows. |
| 4The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked. | 4But the LORD is good; he has cut me free from the ropes of the ungodly. |
| 5May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame. | 5May all who hate Jerusalem be turned back in shameful defeat. |
| 6May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow, | 6May they be as useless as grass on a rooftop, turning yellow when only half grown, |
| 7unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the one who binds sheaves. | 7ignored by the harvester, despised by the binder. |
| 8May none who pass by say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you. We bless you in the name of the LORD.” | 8And may those who pass by refuse to give them this blessing: "The LORD bless you; we bless you in the LORD's name." |
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