| English Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1“Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth”— let Israel now say— | 1A Song of Ascents. "Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up," Let Israel now say, |
| 2“Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me. | 2"Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up; Yet they have not prevailed against me. |
| 3The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.” | 3"The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows." |
| 4The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked. | 4The LORD is righteous; He has cut in two the cords of the wicked. |
| 5May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward! | 5May all who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned backward; |
| 6Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up, | 6Let them be like grass upon the housetops, Which withers before it grows up; |
| 7with which the reaper does not fill his hand nor the binder of sheaves his arms, | 7With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Or the binder of sheaves his bosom; |
| 8nor do those who pass by say, “The blessing of the LORD be upon you! We bless you in the name of the LORD!” | 8Nor do those who pass by say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you; We bless you in the name of the LORD." |
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