1
Song
of
degrees.
Many
a
time
have
they
afflicted
me
from
my
youth,
may
Israel
now
say:
2
Many
a
time
have
they
afflicted
me
from
my
youth:
yet
they
have
not
prevailed
against
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
all
be
confounded
and
turned
back
that
hate
Zion.
6
Let
them
be
as
the
grass
[upon]
the
housetops,
which
withereth
afore
it
groweth
7
Wherewith
the
mower
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.