1  “Greatly¹ have they afflicted me from my ^ayouth”—

^blet Israel now say—

2  “Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth,

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 has cut the cords of the wicked.

5  ^cMay all who hate Zion

be put to shame and turned backward!

6  Let them be ^dlike 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,

^e“The blessing of the Lord be upon you!

We bless you in the name of the Lord!”