| International Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1"Since my youth they have often persecuted me," let Israel repeat it, | 1A Song of Ascents. "Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up," Let Israel now say, |
| 2"Since my youth they have often persecuted me, yet they haven't defeated me. | 2"Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up; Yet they have not prevailed against me. |
| 3Wicked people ploughed over my back, creating long-lasting wounds." | 3"The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows." |
| 4The LORD is righteous— he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked. | 4The LORD is righteous; He has cut in two the cords of the wicked. |
| 5Let all who hate Zion be turned away and be ashamed. | 5May all who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned backward; |
| 6May they become like a tuft of grass on a roof top, that withers before it takes root— | 6Let them be like grass upon the housetops, Which withers before it grows up; |
| 7not enough to fill one's hand or to bundle in one's arms. | 7With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Or the binder of sheaves his bosom; |
| 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." | 8Nor do those who pass by say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you; We bless you in the name of the LORD." |
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