| New Living Translation | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me. Let all Israel repeat this: | 1A song of ascents. Since my youth they have often attacked me-- let Israel say-- |
| 2From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me, but they have never defeated me. | 2Since my youth they have often attacked me, but they have not prevailed against me. |
| 3My back is covered with cuts, as if a farmer had plowed long furrows. | 3Plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long. |
| 4But the LORD is good; he has cut me free from the ropes of the ungodly. | 4The LORD is righteous; He has cut the ropes of the wicked. |
| 5May all who hate Jerusalem be turned back in shameful defeat. | 5Let all who hate Zion be driven back in disgrace. |
| 6May they be as useless as grass on a rooftop, turning yellow when only half grown, | 6Let them be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it grows up |
| 7ignored by the harvester, despised by the binder. | 7and can't even fill the hands of the reaper or the arms of the one who binds sheaves. |
| 8And may those who pass by refuse to give them this blessing: “The LORD bless you; we bless you in the LORD’s name.” | 8Then none who pass by will say," May the LORD's blessing be on you." We bless you in the name of Yahweh. |
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