1 A Song of Ascents. Many times they have afflicted me from my youth, let Israel now say;
2 they have afflicted me from my youth many times, yet they have not prevailed over me.
3 The plowers plowed on my back; they made their furrows long.
4 Jehovah is righteous; He severs the cords of the wicked.
5 Let them be ashamed and turned back, all those who hate Zion;
6 let them be like the grass on the rooftops, which dries up before it draws out;
7 with which the reaper does not fill his palm, nor the binder of sheaves his bosom.
8 And those who pass by have never said, The blessing of Jehovah be on you; we bless you in the name of Jehovah.