Psalms

¹ A Song of Ascents. "Many times they have persecuted me (Israel) from my youth," Let Israel now say,

² "Many times they have persecuted me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed against me.

³ "The [enemies, like] plowers plowed on my back; They made their furrows [of suffering] long [in Israel]."

⁴ The LORD is righteous; He has cut in two the [thick] cords of the wicked [which enslaved the people of Israel].

⁵ May all who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned backward [in defeat].

⁶ Let them be like the grass on the housetops, Which withers before it grows up,

⁷ With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Nor the binder of sheaves his arms,

⁸ Nor do those who pass by say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you; We bless you in the name of the LORD."