| Holman Christian Standard Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1A song of ascents. Since my youth they have often attacked me-- let Israel say-- | 1A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth—let Israel now declare— |
| 2Since my youth they have often attacked me, but they have not prevailed against me. | 2many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me. |
| 3Plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long. | 3The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long. |
| 4The LORD is righteous; He has cut the ropes of the wicked. | 4The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked. |
| 5Let all who hate Zion be driven back in disgrace. | 5May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame. |
| 6Let them be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it grows up | 6May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow, |
| 7and can't even fill the hands of the reaper or the arms of the one who binds sheaves. | 7unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves. |
| 8Then none who pass by will say," May the LORD's blessing be on you." We bless you in the name of Yahweh. | 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.” |
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