A Song of Ascents. 1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say; 2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: Yet they have not prevailed against me. 3 The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows. 4 The LORD is righteous: He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. 5 Let them be ashamed and turned backward, All they that hate Zion. 6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth afore it groweth up: 7 Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. 8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you; We bless you in the name of the LORD. |
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