1 “Sore have they vexed me from youth” thus let Israel say
2 “Sore have they vexed me from youth, but they have not prevailed against me.
3 The ploughers ploughed on my back, they made their furrows long.
4 But the Lord, who is righteous, has cut the cords of the wicked.”
5 Let all who are haters of Zion be put to shame and defeated.
6 May they be as the grass on the house-top, which withers before it shoots up;
7 which fills not the arms of the reaper, nor the lap of the binder of sheaves,
8 whereof no one says as they pass, “The blessing of God be upon you.” In the name of the Lord we bless you.