Prayer for the Overthrow of Zion’s Enemies.

A Song of Ascents.

1“Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up,”
         Let Israel now say,

2“Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up;
         Yet they have not prevailed against me.

3“The plowers plowed upon my back;
         They lengthened their furrows.”

4The LORD is righteous;
         He has cut in two the cords of the wicked.

5May all who hate Zion
         Be put to shame and turned backward;

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

7With which the reaper does not fill his hand,
         Or the binder of sheaves his bosom;

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

NASB ©1995

American Standard Version
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.

Darby Bible Translation
{A Song of degrees.} Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth oh let Israel say --

English Revised Version
A Song of Ascents. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, let Israel now say;

Webster's Bible Translation
A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

World English Bible
Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,

Young's Literal Translation
A Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:Voluntary Suffering
I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. T hat which often passes amongst men for resolution, and the proof of a noble, courageous spirit, is, in reality, the effect of a weak and little mind. At least, it is chiefly owing to the presence of certain circumstances, which have a greater influence upon the conduct, than any inherent principle. Thus may persons who appear to set death and danger at defiance in the hour …
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