| New King James Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1A Song of Ascents. “Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth,” Let Israel now say— | 1A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth—let Israel now declare— |
| 2“Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth; Yet they have not prevailed against me. | 2many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me. |
| 3The plowers plowed on my back; They made their furrows long.” | 3The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long. |
| 4The LORD is righteous; He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked. | 4The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked. |
| 5Let all those who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned back. | 5May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame. |
| 6Let them be as the grass on the housetops, Which withers before it grows up, | 6May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow, |
| 7With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Nor he who binds sheaves, his arms. | 7unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves. |
| 8Neither let those who pass by them say, “The blessing of the LORD be upon you; We bless you in the name of the LORD!” | 8May none who pass by say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.” |
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