| New King James Version | English Standard Version |
| 1A Song of Ascents. “Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth,” Let Israel now say— | 1“Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth”— let Israel now say— |
| 2“Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth; Yet they have not prevailed against me. | 2“Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me. |
| 3The plowers plowed on my back; They made their furrows long.” | 3The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.” |
| 4The LORD is righteous; He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked. | 4The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked. |
| 5Let all those who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned back. | 5May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward! |
| 6Let them be as the grass on the housetops, Which withers before it grows up, | 6Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up, |
| 7With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Nor he who binds sheaves, his arms. | 7with which the reaper does not fill his hand nor the binder of sheaves his arms, |
| 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!” | 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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