| New King James Version | NET Bible |
| 1A Song of Ascents. “Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth,” Let Israel now say— | 1A song of ascents. "Since my youth they have often attacked me," let Israel say. |
| 2“Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth; Yet they have not prevailed against me. | 2"Since my youth they have often attacked me, but they have not defeated me. |
| 3The plowers plowed on my back; They made their furrows long.” | 3The plowers plowed my back; they made their furrows long. |
| 4The LORD is righteous; He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked. | 4The LORD is just; he cut the ropes of the wicked." |
| 5Let all those who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned back. | 5May all who hate Zion be humiliated and turned back! |
| 6Let them be as the grass on the housetops, Which withers before it grows up, | 6May they be like the grass on the rooftops which withers before one can even pull it up, |
| 7With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Nor he who binds sheaves, his arms. | 7which cannot fill the reaper's hand, or the lap of the one who gathers the grain! |
| 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!” | 8Those who pass by will not say, "May you experience the LORD's blessing! We pronounce a blessing on you in the name of the LORD." |
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