| English Standard Version | International Standard Version |
| 1“Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth”— let Israel now say— | 1"Since my youth they have often persecuted me," let Israel repeat it, |
| 2“Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me. | 2"Since my youth they have often persecuted me, yet they haven't defeated me. |
| 3The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.” | 3Wicked people ploughed over my back, creating long-lasting wounds." |
| 4The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked. | 4The LORD is righteous— he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked. |
| 5May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward! | 5Let all who hate Zion be turned away and be ashamed. |
| 6Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up, | 6May they become like a tuft of grass on a roof top, that withers before it takes root— |
| 7with which the reaper does not fill his hand nor the binder of sheaves his arms, | 7not enough to fill one's hand or to bundle in one's arms. |
| 8nor do those who pass by say, “The blessing of the LORD be upon you! We bless you in the name of the LORD!” | 8And may those who pass by never tell them, "May the LORD's blessing be upon you. We bless you in the name of the LORD." |
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